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Neolithic inhabitants fixed their sights on some prominent distant feature , such
as a peak or a notch in the hills , and walked straight towards it , using the
mounds and stones for additional guidance . In The old Straight Track , and in his
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Neolithic inhabitants fixed their sights on some prominent distant feature , such
as a peak or a notch in the hills , and walked straight towards it , using the
mounds and stones for additional guidance . In The old Straight Track , and in his
...
Page 61
The worst single problem was the hammering - off of chunks of stone , so that on
busy days " a constant chipping of the stone broke the solitude of the place " .
Usually these were just souvenirs ; sometimes ( Stonehenge petrology being the
...
The worst single problem was the hammering - off of chunks of stone , so that on
busy days " a constant chipping of the stone broke the solitude of the place " .
Usually these were just souvenirs ; sometimes ( Stonehenge petrology being the
...
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Names were still being scratched ; leaning stones were still being used as slides
by children ; the rats that lived on the picnic scraps were still burrowing under the
stones . No upright stones had actually fallen , but they certainly would and ...
Names were still being scratched ; leaning stones were still being used as slides
by children ; the rats that lived on the picnic scraps were still burrowing under the
stones . No upright stones had actually fallen , but they certainly would and ...
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