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Third-Degree
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|  Posted 11-10-2004 at 23:27
ebay item number 4328488047
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DavidRaven
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| Posted 11-10-2004 at 23:41
I think it's someone selling 'new' rocks, they shape them to resemble monoliths? It says they're not ancient (not much older than 100 years) and they come from the seller's quarry.
(I can't read all of the piece cos I'm not registered on ebay)...
Link: HERE
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enkidu41
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| Posted 12-10-2004 at 00:32
Full Q and A on e-bay as follows:
Q: Is this a real ancient megalith hundreds of years old or a piece of reletively new carved stone that has just been outside for a few years?
A: This megalith is over 100 years old, it comes from my disused quarry {lasted worked in the 1948} that was known as the Monumental works where the monuments from the Mall in London were mined from and later the kerbstones of London.
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Thorgrim
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| Posted 12-10-2004 at 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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TheCaptain
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| Posted 13-10-2004 at 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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| Posted 13-10-2004 at 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.
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TheCaptain
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|  Posted 13-10-2004 at 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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| Posted 14-10-2004 at 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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|  Posted 14-10-2004 at 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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TheCaptain
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|  Posted 14-10-2004 at 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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DavidRaven
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| Posted 14-10-2004 at 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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| Posted 15-10-2004 at 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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Anonymous
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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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