Moving stone the medieval way

From the BBC:

Eels and rabbits were bartered on a waterway in Cambridgeshire on Thursday as part of the re-enactment of the medieval route for building materials.

A huge block of stone is being transported by barge from Wansford near Peterborough to Ely, where it will be installed in the town's Jubilee Gardens. The chunk of Lincolnshire limestone, weighing more than 6.5 tonnes, was loaded from a lorry onto the barge to make its journey along the River Nene . . . the stone - which is nearly the size of an automobile - is the same material as those used for Ely Cathedral, and is being transported in the same manner as the stones used to build the historic edifice.

Posted by David on May 14, 2003 11:30 AM