Talk:Tinkinswood

Weight
40 long tons is not 36 metric tonnes. I don't know which is right, but they can't both be Aredbeardeddwarf (talk) 14:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Cadw say 40 tons, as do Visit Wales. In the absence of any clarification, I suggest we say just that i.e. 40 tons. Daicaregos (talk) 15:38, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Construction Method
The article implies that the capstone was lifted into place by 200 people. Given the dimensions there is only 76 linear feet of edge on the stone. A fair assumption is that a strong man would require two feet of space to effectively lift thus there is only space for 38 lifters. Further more, if the stone weighs, for simplicity of mathematics sake, 40 tonnes, each of the 200 lifters, if they could have gotten around the stone would have had to lift 200 kg! That is a prodigious feat for someone not trained or equipped as a professional weightlifter. If we were to use the more likely number of lifters the task becomes impossible. The capstone was not lifted into place. I think we need to revert to the 3 Rs - ropes, ramps and rollers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.69.158.29 (talk) 05:17, 20 October 2020 (UTC)