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wrote that sarsen is "always moist and dewy in winter which proves damp and unwholesome, and rots the furniture". In the case of
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Stewart Ullyot, J.; Nash, D.J.; Whiteman, C.A.; Mortimore, R.N. (2004). "Distribution, petrology and mode of development of silcretes (sarsens and puddingstones) on the eastern South Downs, UK".
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While sarsen stones are not an ideal building material, fire and in later times explosives were sometimes employed to break the stone into pieces of a suitable size for use in construction.
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The second is that "sarsen" is vernacular variation of the Indo-European "sasan," name given to the prehistoric vaults of the
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The third possibility is that "sarsen" comes from the hybrid Anglo-Saxon "sar-stan" or 'troublesome stone.' "Sar" has the meaning of 'grievous.'
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Small, R.J.; Clark, M.J.; Lewin, J. (January 1970). "The periglacial rock-stream at
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