Comments on: Standing with Stones premiere at Chipping Norton http://standingwithstones.net/events/standing-with-stones-premiere-at-chipping-norton/ a journey through megalithic Britain & Ireland on DVD Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: colin metcalfe http://standingwithstones.net/events/standing-with-stones-premiere-at-chipping-norton/comment-page-1/#comment-51 colin metcalfe Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:02:43 +0000 http://standingstones.tv/?p=3#comment-51 I live on a smallholding in snowdonia i often have to move boulders, some bluestone size, often I can not or can not be bothered using the tractor.I use a couple of old scafold pipes and grease (poles and animal fat would do)old pipe or fence post to lever them up or move them round and a cheap ratchet puller o.k. not neolithic but i'm on my own, rolling, especialy on even slight slopes is good if you keep momentum ,over 20yards I use tractor,but near here three 10'stones were pulled by horse, probably a mile for gate posts, easy realy.I went last week to the blue stone quarry ,preseli,the sea is miles away, even i'm impressed !! cheers colin I live on a smallholding in snowdonia i often have to move boulders, some bluestone size, often I can not or can not be bothered using the tractor.I use a couple of old scafold pipes and grease (poles and animal fat would do)old pipe or fence post to lever them up or move them round and a cheap ratchet puller o.k. not neolithic but i’m on my own, rolling, especialy on even slight slopes is good if you keep momentum ,over 20yards I use tractor,but near here three 10′stones were pulled by horse, probably a mile for gate posts, easy realy.I went last week to the blue stone quarry ,preseli,the sea is miles away, even i’m impressed !!

cheers colin

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