yes, from those photos it is clear that they were not simply unfinished spheres. Harry
> >From: francis <froarty...@comcast.net> >To: hlvee...@yahoo.com >Cc: vortex-l@eskimo.com >Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 1:03:20 PM >Subject: Re: [Vo]:One-man Stonehenge > > >Harry, they appear to be an intentional variation on smooth spheres see images >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carved_Stone_Balls mostly with 6 knobs each. > > >Megalith construction aid >A theory on the movement of 'monument stones' has been put forward as a result >of an observed correlation between standing stone circles in Aberdeenshire, >Scotland and a concentration of carved stone balls, and it is suggested that >these petrospheres may have been used to help transport the big stones by >functioning like ball bearings. >It has already been established that many of the late Neolithic stone balls >had >a diameter within a millimetre of each other, which indicates that they could >be >used collectively in some way rather than individually. By plotting the find >sites on a map it can be demonstrated that often these petrospheres were >located >in the vicinity of Neolithic recumbent stone circles. Models using small >wooden >balls placed in a groove in parallel longitudinal pieces of wood 'sleepers' >with >a carrying board above have shown such megalith transport to be practical in >some situations >
