And I saw a documentary where some eccentric guy tried to raise a Stonehenge-like megalith (downsized a little but still large and extremely heavy and dangerous). He just used some levers and timbers and sticks. His son helped him. It took a few days to get it upright. But this was just two guys and they were able to handle this multi-ton awkwardly-shaped stone. Shows it's possible to chuck these things around if you're not impeded by modern machinery and engineering degrees. But I don't know what I'm saying either.
Well, megaliths are a little different than obelisks, a point I remember from this particular documentary. Mainly, obelisks will break easily due to the mass distribution, unless standing upright. But your point reminds me of something else: would ancient Brits really build something like Stonehenge just to use as some sort of calender, to know when to start planting crops? It seems there would be easier ways. But, who knows what they were thinking?
Here he is on youtube
It suggests that what was used on the concave road was not logs, but round stones used like ball bearings.
I saw that. He’s some guy in the upper Mid west who had nothing better to do on cold winter’s nights than figure out how to leverage stones. His wife is so ugly he’d rather move huge weights since he doesn’t have the stones for anything else.
It’s actually pretty cool to watch. It’s on YOu tube somewhere if you know how to search for it.