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Devil's Arrows: Ancient builders hauled 55k-lb stones 11 miles for UK stone row

11 points bookofjoe 2 days ago 7 comments

dmichulke 53 minutes ago | parent

25-tonne stones for 18km in case you wondered

robertlagrant 46 minutes ago | parent

For anyone confused, British people would generally use tonnes (or tons, but maybe not know the difference exactly) and miles.

ButlerianJihad 50 minutes ago | parent

This must be the origin of the saying, “People who start stone rows shouldn’t build glass houses”.

ChrisRR 49 minutes ago | parent

Imperial is confusing at the best of times, but couldn't they have said 24.5 tons instead of 55,000 lbs?

masfuerte 26 minutes ago | parent

That's the way they like it. American road signs have mad shit like "No trucks over 15,000 lbs".

guenthert 20 minutes ago | parent

They could have said 3300 stones stones ...

cjs_ac 21 minutes ago | parent

Also, Stonehenge was built (partially) from parts of other stone circles, from as far away as Wales: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56029203