tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1469997087996873738..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Great Rollright, OxfordshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-73454643068298225482016-11-08T12:01:10.461+00:002016-11-08T12:01:10.461+00:00One factor I suppose is the incidence of large sto...One factor I suppose is the incidence of large stones in otherwise non-stony countryside. Somewhere like Pembrokeshire - the St David's Peninsula - you have so many large rocks just lying about in the landscape, you can't tell what's cromlech and what's nature! The big flat rock on the uprights at Pentre Ifan - how on earth did they get it up there? These days, with heavy equipment, it would be virtually impossible. So I suppose another factor is the sense that there must have been Giants to move these mighty monuments. And despite all the claims, we still don't know the reason WHY... <br /><br />Relevant to other buildings, where there's a large quantity of stone in a non-stone area - e.g. Norwich Cathedral. All the flint-built little churches with the round towers - how many times we hear that it was because they couldn't transport large stone? But, Norwich Cathedral...a mighty mountain of Caen &c. stone!? Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com