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Has Mr. Targett inherited some inherent stone pushing/Mother Goddess worshipping/bloody cannibal rite...
Blimey, I wasn't aware our ancestors were mother goddess-worshipers and cannibalistic - though they may have been slightly more of the former than of the latter (but not both as that seems a bit of a contradiction :-) What's your source for that reference?

Forgive me, but I can't also help wondering why you keep referring to the builders of megalithic structures in these islands as 'stone pushers'. The term is both inaccurate and, to those who have both a religious and historical respect for such structures, somewhat irritating - even slightly offensive. The stones may have been 'pushed' but they were more likely pulled or, as GordonP has demonstrated, rowed - sometimes over long distances and difficult terrain. I'm sure you'll agree that moving stones of such size and setting them in position was a considerable achievement even by modern engineering standards - an achievement worthy of research and respect rather than an inappropriate label with little or no meaning.

It's not in your genes, it's not in the soil, it's not in the megaliths.
Ahh, but it is. My advice to you (assuming you really are interested in the megalithic structures of these islands) is to come and live here for a year or two - preferably in some little village where our ancestors and their decedents have lived for a couple of thousand years; come and breathe a different air, not as a casual visitor but as a dweller; wake up to different skies and different birdsongs; walk every day along ancient trackways, reach out and really touch the soul of our land - you may be surprised at what you find :-)

Well... arguably ;) if they were rowed they were pushed, as that is the nature of the process. If they were pulled then they would have been partly pushed IMO. The Stonehengineers found the biggest step-change in efficiency was when a couple of blokes (Goff for one!) were stationed at the back with vertical levers to push the stone along using a mechanical advantage.

That would be lovely. Loie and I talk about emmigrating often. So long as our elderly parents are still alive, we feel we should be here. I must admit I'm leaning toward living with the statue menhirs of the Languedoc. We also have friends living with the painted caves of the Lot.

We were tempted by the feel of the Four Corners, too but the wine's not so good.

So much history; so little time!