My favourite
Known as The Great Trilithon because the central trilithon, Trilithon Three, the tallest, is no more, having fallen apart in antiquity. So, our T2 is now the tallest, most mighty. And it is easily the bulkiest, most undamaged of them all. Witness: the shorter T1’s crinkled, weather eroded lintel and T4’s lintel, nibbled at by hammer welding Victorians in the 161 years it spent prone. Trilithon Two’s lintel has crisp, square edges and shows a beautiful curved outer face.

Fatty & Skinny
Otherwise known as: Stone 54 and 53. The builders surely had names for individual stones. Perhaps as gods, perhaps after a worker who picked it out of the pile. For me spending time sculpting and colouring the pair, it was easier than their anaemic academic catalogue numbers. And the bulk of Fatty compared to Skinny is awe inspiring. Some say, it’s male and female, and each trilithon has a Fatty and Skinny, a man and woman. True, but hardly noticeable elsewhere. Who is to say, male is bigger. Perhaps, pregnant female is the bulkier.

Distinguishing features
The 17th century graffiti on Stone 53 (Skinny) inner face, easily noticed, at eye level.
IOH:LVD:D∑ F∑RR∑
Less so the many ancient axes and dagger.

Stone 54 (Fatty) outer face builders’ marks. 6 foot tall longitudinal marks, crosshatched with 6 inch (15.24 cm) tooling lines. I think of Fatty’s rear as more of a sketch than a finished object.

Fatty’s inner, north facing, polished face is also beautifully, #goblincore mouldy, with rust staining. In the earhole, too, the dankness is mesmerizing.