Re: Stunning Sarsen! | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

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Stunning Sarsen!

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slumpystones Apr 12, 2007 10:30:12

Replying to PeterSmith

Ah, the optical illusion!

They are not concave, they are convex, like frozen bubbles. And it's 4' long, so at least half a ton. Still trying to track down the owner, to see if they want to part with it :)

slumpystones Apr 15, 2007 17:12:23

Replying to slumpystones

After seeing this this weekend I think I have changed my mind...in the entrance to a small Methodist Chapel in Elnor, Derbyshire.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/slumpy_uk/elnor%20lane%20chapel%20stones/moto_0041.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/slumpy_uk/elnor%20lane%20chapel%20stones/moto_0043.jpg

How cool is that?

And these two-what-used-to-be-one who refuse to be parted, even after millenia of erosion down middle, leaving a perfectly parellel channel 6" wide between the two. Underneath Castle Naze Hillfort.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/slumpy_uk/castle%20naze%20hillfort/moto_0031.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/slumpy_uk/castle%20naze%20hillfort/moto_0032.jpg

There are several other 'pairs' scattered to the west of the fort where the cliff falls away in a similar state, a superb lesson in weathering and erosion for my boy :)