Stonehenge and its Environs 134
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Stonehenge and its Environs

The bluestone debate

tonyh T
tonyh Nov 19, 2008 11:26:37
Replying to Steve Gray

Steve Gray wrote:
nigelswift wrote:
Seeing is believing
http://www.sunnyfortuna.com/history/logging-redwood/images/redwood-ox-team.jpg

What would a Redwood log weigh I wonder?
And how many blokes would that lot represent?

Brilliant, Nigel! So my speculation about independent pairs seems to be unnecessary in the light of that picture. Now, I wonder who it was who originally stated that "oxen are notoriously difficult to control in teams".
Excellent picture..

What is that - Eight pair of oxen pulling a log downhill on a skidded roadway?. As with Roman style Ox Teams, the link to the log would be a Chain. Iron or Steel. Not quite the same as Neolithic Rope. I would have thought. No 'stretch and tug'..

Tony

N nigelswift
nigelswift Nov 19, 2008 11:41:09
Replying to tonyh

We researched that issue with the world's only maker of neolithic linden bast rope, in Norway. She reckoned hers would work a treat (she mainly supplies it for reconstructions of ancient marine craft).

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