Hello Anthony,
You wrote, 'Your objection is rendered null. The 22 foot length from the northern wall of the GG to the beginning of the floor of the GG, as you have cited the measurement above, is more than adequate to handle the 15 feet of granite plugs, assuming they used the aforementioned wooden ramp in that exact location where we find post-holes dug into the walls, of adequate size and dimension to handle the weight in question.'
Try reading again what I wrote:
"It then follows that they would have to have been stored on the Grand Gallery floor proper and between the ramps running down each side of it -
and at least 22 feet from the north wall of the Gallery (unless there was something covering the opening to the Queen’s Chamber Passage).
Just to clarify for you.
The 22 feet I mention is the sloping distance between the north wall of the Grand Gallery and the start of the Grand Gallery floor proper (the floor is recessed just before this point).
Had, as I suggested, the opening to the start of the Queen's Chamber been covered, then, theoretically, of course the three blocks could have been positioned several feet closer to the north wall of the Gallery.
While I think of it, aside from the area looking every inch as if it was intended to have a cover over it (thereby creating in a most practical manner a continuous floor from the Ascending Passage to the start of the Grand Gallery floor proper) what evidence do you have that such a cover was ever installed?
MJ