Thanks for that link, the pic, the info. The Avebury stones came from there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockeridge#Landmarks
The glacier advocates claim that the absence of evidence — tools, rollers, ‘gouges’ — means the stones weren’t moved by humans. Since the large menhirs clearly were shaped, there must have been tools around to shape them, but by the same argument — absence of tools — the menhirs must have arrived by glaciers as well, and preshaped. The fact that the tools are not still laying around doesn’t mean that there were never any tools.
During his discussion of the bluestones from Wales, the advocate also states that the 45 ton stones left no marks on the way there — but that’s a straw man argument, as the bluestones only weigh around 4 tons each. And of course, if the bluestones were just random chunks of rock ripped out and moved by a glacier, why the similar size and shape? If there were a pile of them somewhere nearby, which there isn’t, one would expect a variety of shapes and sizes that were rejected, and possibly tailings from shaping those which were moved to the site on the plain and erected. They must have been shaped by tools, but noooooo! The tools are not around any longer.
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Interesting. I love this stuff, it’s all so fascinating. Thanks for this (and all your other posts/work), much appreciated.