Stone, my brother and my friend were both born at exactly the same time and day and year. It's astounding how similar they are.
Littlestone, could it be that instead of a roaring bonfire, they had more of a smoored oven or kiln effect going on? For instance, I wanted to get rid of a tree stump, so I tunnelled under it as much as I could, got a fire going, then banked it with turfs, making sure a little air could get in. It went on at a slow burn for a week and eventually the stump and everything in my oven in the ground was just embers and ashes. Very hot when it was opened up though.
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