Section 01
Ground
04 entries · Where the stones actually are.
The objects in this section have not moved, and that is the whole of their authority. A stone kept where it was found can be attempted again on the same terms; a stone in a museum cannot. These are the places — a bridge on the Dee, a farm in the west of Iceland, village squares in Navarre and Gipuzkoa — and what the local geology gave each of them to lift.
Everything filed under Ground
Complete for this section- PotarchEntryA bridge over the Dee in Aberdeenshire, an inn, and two stones that have sat beside it since long before anyone thought to keep records.
- HúsafellEntryA farm in western Iceland where a slab used to close a goat pen became a test measured in distance carried rather than weight.
- The Basque CountryShort entryStone-lifting as a rural competition with judges, categories and a clock.
- Why these placesShort entryThe stones are where the stone is: granite, basalt and the local geology decide the shape of the tradition.