Stonehenge, From The East 1887
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19796
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As we look southwards from the Hele stone, through the middle arch, we can see the tallest stone of the inner horseshoes of trilithons. The oldest tenon in Britain can be seen, laboriously hammered out with football-shaped flint hammers. The lintel that capped this stone contained the mortise to hold it in place. This was a remarkable achievement for a stone erected some 4,000 years ago; it is one of the mysteries of Stonehenge, since there is no precedent for such a concept.
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