Talk:Stonehenge

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Ball bearings

Interesting theory in current (March April) issue of British Archaeology: The one with archaeological evidence to support it describes how carved stone or oak ball bearings running in grooved oak tracks could have been used to move the stones. The article will probably be placed online in due course. Is it strong to enough to overcome editors' understandable reluctance to add yet another piece of speculation from a university department of archaeology?--Old Moonraker (talk) 13:10, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Lots of methods "could have" been used to move the stone. HHowever, if there is no evidence whatsoever of oak ball bearings or grooved oak tracks then this is really just idle speculation. Personally I prefer the hot-air balloon made out of animal hides Cheers, DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 03:31, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the link to the animation, but I couldn't get enough lift to make it work. Is there any archaeological evidence for mulberry cultivation or silk production, to make a lighter envelope? --Old Moonraker (talk) 08:31, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

At 120m diameter, 5mm hide thickness and 4 tonnes of rope you need 76C over ambient temp to lift one bluestone, 93C over ambient temp to lift one sarsen. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 08:45, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Obviously they couldn't have reached such temperatures from wood; this would have required a more concentrated energy source. Has anybody considered methane, readily available from the cattle herds needed to provide the leather? --Old Moonraker (talk) 09:15, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

'Axeheads' grammar

In the cause of smooth readability, please, please could we have a comma, only one little comma, after "stone 53"? Or preferably a semicolon after 53 then delete the following "and". Or simply put a period (full-stop) after 53 and delete the "and". L0ngpar1sh (talk) 01:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Celtic people?

Did Celtic people build stonehenge? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.103.144.218 (talk) 23:35, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

No. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 23:43, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Definitely not. Stonehenge was built a millennium or so before the Celts came to Britain. 124.168.181.224 (talk) 01:20, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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What it's for

Thanks for this edit. I was wondering why I never noticed that link, and I found you had just now added it. --Uncle Ed (talk) 18:45, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 20 December 2011

Open the Stonehenge article by describing the monument. I wanted to know how tall the stones are, and how heavy, because otherwise the question of how they were transported to the site is moot.

Lacking this basic information, the article is poor.

67.217.126.250 (talk) 17:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)