Thanks Aralaithiel [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Here's what Robert Foster makes of them:
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STONE-GIANTS Creatures of great size and strength living in the high passes of the northern Misty Mountains. The stone-giants are mentioned only in The Hobbit, and may be no more serious than Golfimbul.
-A Guide To Middle-Earth
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So yeah, I guess there really is nothing to them.