Estimated Above Ground Weights
Where they are given, the estimated above ground* weights of the stones are taken from Appendix 1 of the English Heritage publication entitled:RESEARCH REPORT SERIES no. 32-2012
STONEHENGE LASER SCAN:
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS REPORT
ENGLISH HERITAGE PROJECT 6457
by Marcus Abbott and Hugo Anderson-Whymark, with contributions from Dave Aspden, Anna Badcock, Tudur Davies, Mags Felter, Rob Ixer, Mike Parker Pearson and Colin Richards.
The data is derived from a laser scan of the monument carried out in 2012. It assumes that the specific gravity of the Sarsens is 2.4 and that the specific gravity of the Bluestones is 3 (dolerite) and 2.4 (rhyolite/rhyolitic tuff).
This publication is available online as a PDF.
* As a rough guide, between a quarter and a third of each stone is below ground so the given weights are somewhat less than the total weight.
Heights
Heights (where given) are taken from Appendex 5 of the English Heritage publication entitled:STONEHENGE in its landscape
Twentieth-century Excavations
by R M J Cleal, K E Walker, and R Montague
The data for this appendix was compiled from the Chief Architects Report of 1919 and R J C Atkinson's records.
This publication is available online as a PDF.
Bluestone Rock Types
Where the bluestone type is given, the information is from Robert Ixer and Richard Bevin's ongoing work on categorising and provenancing. There are too many references to cite here, but a search on Academia.edu for either Robert or Richard will locate many papers.3D Model Viewer
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