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The Blue Stone Enigma

tonyh Jul 7, 2009 19:13:59

Replying to goffik

This is completely off the top of my head so...

The sarsens started as a 'blanket' of stone.

With Africa crashing into Europe and the formation of the Downs - The chalk being pushed up to the surface by the ripples that crossed Europe from that crash (Starting with the lifting of the Alps) The sarsen was lifted to the surface with the Chalk.

This process and further natural process's broke the Sarsen down into smaller pieces. Local prevailing conditions would then condition how small they were broken..

Point being..

Isn't it likly that the dimensions of the stone would be similar in any given area, seeing as the forces applied to them would be similar?.

Tony

Pilgrim Jul 7, 2009 23:07:19

Replying to tonyh

tonyh wrote:

Isn't it likly that the dimensions of the stone would be similar in any given area, seeing as the forces applied to them would be similar?.

Tony

Hi Tony,

Not necessarily in my view. Hit a paving slab of uniform thickness and i dare say you'll end up with a myriad of bits and pieces; some big, some not so. And if you'd deliberately set out to get big bits -

*dives behind sofa*

- you'd clear all the small stuff away to get to it ....

*can I come out yet?*

Just for info - one of the joys of debate is finding new stuff - I came across this on one of my recent searches:

http://www.louistalboys.com/stonehenge/downloads/FYFIELDDOWNLEAFLET(3376).pdf

It's an English Nature leaflet from 2003. Pretty - and informative. Sadly, the site it came from uses Phrase 154 (Sykes-Manchurian Variation) in the "Justyouwaituntil2012" Big Book of Must-Use Phrases:

"....refreshing analysis of the evidence uncovers the shocking truth...."

But don't let that put you off!

Peace

Pilgrim