Cut pebbles in tuff suggest ruts carved into hardened stone; quarrying theory proposed. Hard stone pebbles, including basalt, embedded in the tuff were cut clean through by rut edges Cut pebbles provide evidence that the tuff was already hardened when the ruts were made Listener proposed the ruts could be mining marks rather than cart ruts, with large mining machines using twin drum cutters
Hard basalt pebbles embedded in the tuff were sliced clean through by rut edges — strong evidence the stone was already hard when carved. One listener proposed mining machines with twin drum cutters instead of carts. Malta's Clapham Junction resembles a rail yard with orderly quarrying patterns, while Turkey's appear more haphazard. 🪨
Key Facts
- Hard stone pebbles, including basalt, embedded in the tuff were cut clean through by rut edges
- Cut pebbles provide evidence that the tuff was already hardened when the ruts were made
- Listener proposed the ruts could be mining marks rather than cart ruts, with large mining machines using twin drum cutters
- Clapham Junction in Malta is a famous cart rut site resembling a rail yard with multiple converging tracks
- Contributor Mike (Wandering Wolf) reported Malta cart ruts are associated with quarrying routes
- Mike also reported observing cart ruts in China
- The Turkey ruts appear more haphazard than the orderly quarrying patterns at Malta's Clapham Junction
Source: "Cart Ruts" in Stone - Mystery STILL Not Solved by Brothers of the Serpent