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

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• cjs_ac 37 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
• dmichulke 1 hour ago
  25-tonne stones for 18km in case you wondered
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  • nickt 0 minutes ago
    Or about 3 double-decker buses for the length of 171 footy pitches.
  • robertlagrant 1 hour ago
    For anyone confused, British people would generally use tonnes (or tons, but maybe not know the difference exactly) and miles.
• ChrisRR 1 hour 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 36 minutes ago
    They could have said 3300 stones stones ...
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    • euroderf 0 minutes ago
      That rocks.
  • masfuerte 42 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 14 minutes ago
      That's because we measure weight in tonnage.
• ButlerianJihad 1 hour ago
  This must be the origin of the saying, “People who start stone rows shouldn’t build glass houses”.