Devil's Arrows: Ancient builders hauled 55k-lb stones 11 miles for UK stone row
13 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago | 8 comments

cjs_ac 35 minutes ago
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
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dmichulke 2 hours ago
25-tonne stones for 18km in case you wondered
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robertlagrant 59 minutes ago
For anyone confused, British people would generally use tonnes (or tons, but maybe not know the difference exactly) and miles.
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ChrisRR 2 hours ago
Imperial is confusing at the best of times, but couldn't they have said 24.5 tons instead of 55,000 lbs?
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guenthert 34 minutes ago
They could have said 3300 stones stones ...
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masfuerte 39 minutes ago
That's the way they like it. American road signs have mad shit like "No trucks over 15,000 lbs".
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thechao 11 minutes ago
That's because we measure weight in tonnage.
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ButlerianJihad 2 hours ago
This must be the origin of the saying, “People who start stone rows shouldn’t build glass houses”.
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