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Anonymous
User not Registered |  New Message Posted!2004-11-14 21:17
im a stone mason and for ageing the best think to use is cow shit and natural yogurt stur it into a past and paint it on this will soon get the litchine to grow all the best gary
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TheCaptain
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|  New Message Posted!2004-10-15 02:12
never really thought of it as a realistic option before. Proper Cornish granite, at least 6 feet high, nicely weathered with its own lichen colonies...
And very affordable.
So its just 18 more for a proper Penwith circle. Or 19 slabs to surround this nicely leaning long pointy one in the middle.
Still a bit worried about how to move it and exactly where to position it ! 
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DavidRaven
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| New Message Posted!2004-10-14 02:40
Captain - I've started putting a few of these into folk's gardens...
You shoulda said!
Anyone else fance a standing stone or a circle?!
Cheers
Dave
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TheCaptain
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|  New Message Posted!2004-10-14 02:23
And many thanks to Third Degree of course for bringing this to my attention. I'd never have known without his first posting. I will be forever indebted.
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TheCaptain
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|  New Message Posted!2004-10-14 02:20
It says its more than 6 feet tall, so by my reckoning based on the photo, its half a ton in weight. No idea how I am going to get it into position here to Beeracres !!
But once its in, I promise to submit some pictures to the Portal. 
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| New Message Posted!2004-10-14 00:10
How tall is Cap'n? Don't forget to sacrifice a druid beneath it.
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TheCaptain
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| New Message Posted!2004-10-13 21:06
Woooooooo Hooooooooooooo
Its mine !!!!
Now all I have to do is get some sort of lorry and crane together, then there will have to be a ceremonial party of some sort at some time to get it into place, erected, dedicated and suchlike.
Suggestions ?
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Thorgrim
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| New Message Posted!2004-10-13 13:33
You can get rocks from some of the larger garden centres or directly from quarries - this is best as the garden centre rocks tend to be sqauare rather than long. Just put your chosen rock in the garden under some trees for quick aging. Then coat liberally with LIVE yoghurt. Pretty soon the bacteria, lichens and mosses get to work and in a year or two its "ancient" This works best with limestone - avoid hard rock like granite as it will take at least 1000 years to age. Can you wait that long?
Take a look in our egallery Art section. My "Sun Ship" and "Three Mothers" show assisted aging. Both are about 10 years old but look much older.
[ This message was edited by: Thorgrim on 2004-10-13 13:42 ]
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TheCaptain
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| New Message Posted!2004-10-13 02:54
how does this ebay thing work ? I've always wanted something like that, so long as its a "new" bit of rock. I have no idea what the chap would want for it, and it wont let me have it if I dont hit his reserve price, but it doesnt say what that is !
Or how would I go about buying a bit of rock like this in the old fashioned manner ?
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| New Message Posted!2004-10-12 10:26
Thanks for putting us right, Enkidu. We do need to keep a watch for similar items being sold as there seems to be a growing traffic in stolen antiquities. Stone crosses on Dartmoor are being micro-chipped to deter theft. Other items stolen are milestones, staddle stones, carvings from wells and I do fear for the smaller examples of rock art that we are guiding people to.
The purchasers are as guilty as the thieves.
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