A British engineer and his friends recently tested his theory that baskets woven of willow and alder saplings could have been used to roll the massive standing stones at Salisbury from where they were quarried in Wales.
You can read the story here. Thank you to willow weaver Jacki Bedworth for the heads up on this story.
Wow, that is interesting! Yet another historic use of willow.
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Wouldn't you love to travel through time to see that, Lene!
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