4,000 years of history crashes to the ground

Western Telegraph ^ | Thursday 13th October 2011 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

The broken ancient standing stone at Bedd Morris. [Clive Morgan]

[SunkenCiv]

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[Mmogamer]

I gotta say any car hitting that would still be there lol.

[dynachrome]

I thought we weren’t supposed to interfere with nature at work?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Kinda reminds of the world’s most remote tree (an acacia in Africa) that is in the Guiness Book of World Records. At some point someone backed into it with their vehicle they were driving.

[seton89]

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=7476

[muawiyah]

One of my ancestors owned a vast percentage of the standing stones, menhirs, etc. in Brittany. He used to charge noblemen from all over Europe a fee to visit them.

Some time in the 1800s, long after all the relatives had abandoned Brittony for better spots, "they" (meaning the French) decided to build a canal in the area. Many of the best stones, including ALL of the ones showing sign of finishing, were hauled away to line the banks of the canal.

That stone is lucky it lasted so long.

[Grizzled Bear]

It is believed the two metre high, bronze age stone was hit by a vehicle travelling on the Cwm Gwaun to Newport road.

Was the car driven by a man named "Griswold?"

[seton89]

All you ever need to know about it

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4257

[decimon]

Last of the summer wine.

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[goat granny]

Nice rock but for the guy to use the word tragic is a bit over the top.....

[skr]

Why reinstate it? Can’t it be important as the ancient lying stone?

[Red_Devil 232]

Yep! Surprised it lasted this long on the side of that road.

[JRios1968]

[BerryDingle]

Kinda reminds of the world’s most remote tree (an acacia in Africa) that is in the Guiness Book of World Records. At some point someone backed into it with their vehicle they were driving.

I remember reading something about that. It was an army truck during WWII. Only tree within three or four hundred miles.

[Ramius]

So... Stand it back up. Doesn’t seem complicated to me.

[NonValueAdded]

LOL

[Jack Hydrazine]

It was a drunk Libyan that hit it!

http://my.opera.com/KayFour/blog/2007/04/15/the-worlds-most-isolated-tre

[Venturer]

It would make a great ad for Super glue.

[Ramius]

True dat.