tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post9084203329580459616..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Are the pink granite erratics from Lundy?BRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-38704745873883784892014-08-23T19:15:22.440+01:002014-08-23T19:15:22.440+01:00Having owned a 60ft scottish 1930's Wooden Fis...Having owned a 60ft scottish 1930's Wooden Fishing Boat.<br /><br />I can confirm that the ballast consisted of 1/2 shoe box sized squared off lumps of granite; sized to fit between the hulls timber framework. <br /><br />As Brian surmised, they were of a size to allow the average strength crewman to quickly unload them from the hold. <br /><br />On a timber vessel, Much heavier odd shaped lumps would not only have been awkward to secured;it does have to be secured! but<br />would also have posed a danger to the vessel's hull planking. <br />AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-71250828289678205052014-08-21T17:06:57.073+01:002014-08-21T17:06:57.073+01:00We can never be 100% sure about ballast -- but as ...We can never be 100% sure about ballast -- but as far as I am aware ballast was always capable of being manhandled. If the boulder is too big to lift and heave onto a cart or a sailing ship, it's probably not ballast. Something the size of a human skull is best for ballast -- easiest to load.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-89263625905392699952014-08-21T17:01:39.066+01:002014-08-21T17:01:39.066+01:00A strong possibility and were it so a very interes...A strong possibility and were it so a very interesting fact.<br />M<br />There was quarrying on Lundy for the granite, if the Flatholme granite is from Lundy can we be sure that it is not Victorian ballast. Or even little proto-Welshmen in dugouts.Myris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.com