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Analysis of zircon crystals

nigelswift N
nigelswift May 15, 2011 11:10:34
Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:
Moss reckons the bluestones weigh between 2 and 4 tons – shifting one of those a mile or so would be chickenfeed for those fellas :-)
Yes, it always has to be born in mind the sarsens were (presumably) moved by humans and weighed up to 40 tons.

Bluestones would indeed be chickenfeed. Never mind rollers, if you put ropes round a 4 tonner sixty blokes could simply pick it up and carry it!

L Littlestone
Littlestone May 15, 2011 17:36:09
Replying to nigelswift

Yup. Logic dictates that if you can move a 40 ton stone from A to B you can certainly move a 4 ton stone from A to C - provided there is no insurmountable obstacle preventing you from doing so. In this case there isn’t, so the only difference will be the time (and available resources) required to do so.

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