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A history-loving carpet fitter has recreated an ancient machine to solve the mystery of how Stonehenge was built.
Steven Tasker, 66, believes the long-forgotten machinery would have been used to transport the huge stones 180 miles.
He came up with the theory on a visit to Egypt as he wanted to explain how the Pyramids were built.
Steven Tasker, 66, believes the long-forgotten machinery would have been used to transport the huge stones 180 miles
Steven's theory could explain how stone circles from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire were moved to Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire
Steven estimates the machine would be able to travel 1.5 miles a day - meaning the Stonehenge stones would have taken months to transport
Steven decided to build the rocking structure with his grandson to see if they could lift heavy stones.
The mechanism features a circular board in the middle of wooden planks that sit on top of rockers and wooden feet.
Steven, of Llanrhaeadr, Mid Wales, says it could 'move any weight' and may solve the Stonehenge mystery.
He said: 'It may look like something out of Last of the Summer Wine, but we've lifted a third of a tonne with it and theoretically it could move any weight.
'I tied rockers below a plank of wood to try and
