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Squid Tempest Nov 18, 2010 21:25:00
Replying to goffik

goffik wrote:
I'm intrigued by these "cricket-ball sized stone balls" found near Stonehenge!
"Experts hit on the new idea after examining mysterious stone balls found near Stonehenge-like monuments in Aberdeenshire, Scotland."

But if the theory has any validity you'd expect somewhere like Avebury to be littered with stone cricket balls 8-)

G goffik
goffik Nov 18, 2010 21:58:35
Replying to Squid Tempest

Ah! I obviously skim-read it more than I thought! :D

Yeah, I think the balls they're referring to are too ornate to be functional - too precious...

I wonder if - assuming there IS any weight to the theory, the "balls" would need to be so perfectly circular or if something imperfect - like a fairly round pebble - might work on something so heavy? Come on, boffins! ;)

G x