Stone-raising and levelling experiments

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Practical tests and proposals for how the sarsens were moved, raised and levelled.

References

• Richards, J., Whitby, M. 1997. The engineering of Stonehenge. In Cunliffe, B., Renfrew, C. (eds) Science and Stonehenge. Proceedings of the British Academy 92: 231–256. link
• Daw, T. 2026-08. sarsen.org blog post "rock on rope how to level lintels". link (open access)
• Daw, T. 2023-07. sarsen.org blog post "moving and raising megaliths in france". link (open access)

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