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Stonehenge and its Environs

The bluestone debate

Stoneshifter S
Stoneshifter Nov 18, 2008 20:06:19
Replying to GordonP

I can answer this - Sir, me Sir, please Sir!

Durrington Walls

According to how the labour was delegated between the sexes it is most likely, I would think, for stones to be moved between Mayday, when the ground had been ploughed (arded) and sown, and Lammas, before the crops were harvested.

T tonyh
tonyh Nov 18, 2008 20:15:06
Replying to Stoneshifter

Stoneshifter wrote:
I can answer this - Sir, me Sir, please Sir!

Durrington Walls

According to how the labour was delegated between the sexes it is most likely, I would think, for stones to be moved between Mayday, when the ground had been ploughed (arded) and sown, and Lammas, before the crops were harvested.

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