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Historic stones
三ノ宮卯之助の大盤石 — Sannomiya Unosuke's large stone
The heaviest lifting stone in Japan, lifted by the strongest sumo wrestler of the Edo period.
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The Sterke Nils Stein
An enormous stone said to have been lifted by 'the giant of Seljord' Sterke Nils.
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The Eidis Hansen Stone
A heavy Norwegian stone carried by the fisherman Eidis Hansen.
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Saddlin' Mare
A large plinth sits next to a road awaiting its saddle stone to be balanced on top.
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The Blue Stone of Old Hartley
A Saxon boundary stone that was once lifted by Willie Carr, "Hercules of the north".
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Barevan Stone
At the end of a stone grave in the ruins of a church sits the Barevan Stone. But why is it there?