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The history of lost techniques is fascinating. One example is Coade Stone, an artifical stone of which the lion sculptures in London's Trafalgar Square are made
by fmajid 4y ago
The history of lost techniques is fascinating. One example is Coade Stone, an artifical stone of which the lion sculptures in London's Trafalgar Square are made:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coade_stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coade_stone
- arethuza 4y agoMy favourite ancient example are the vitrified forts found in Scotland and a few other places - large amounts of stone walls partially melted - nobody knows how this was done or indeed whether it was intentional: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrified_fort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrified_fort
- 988747 4y agoDuh, stone was melted when the Targaryen family used their dragons to conquer Scotland and make it one of the Seven Kingdoms.
- arethuza 4y agoOne of the larger vitrified forts, Tap O' Noth, provided me with imagery that I used to visualise Weathertop from LotR - this was well before the movies. I did even check to see if Tolkien had ever visited the area to see if there was any connection but no luck - unlike, for example, Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland being the real world Rivendell.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoHm, I thought that Scotland pledged fealty without a fight, the last king of Scotland just bent the knee.
- arethuza 4y agoYou've got it the wrong way round - the last King of Scotland actually also became the King of England, the countries were united by a political process some years later - largely to pay off debts following one of the most ill conceived colonisation attempts in history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_scheme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_scheme
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoNo. No. No. King Torrhen Stewart, "the king who knelt", sweared an oath of fealty to the dragon king Edward Targaryen, first of his name. It is known.
- taneq 4y agoClearly the vitrification of these forts was the result of wizard battles.
- elliekelly 4y agoTIL artificial stone start-ups were big in the 18th century.