How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
First, thank you for the video and all the thought invested. I agree with the general tenor, that much of the history for Stonehenge is scrambled. My own feeling for this monument is that in the Roman period, there was a major rearrangement of the stones, changing it from being just another circle of standing stones, of which there are a great many, to become a celestial temple with alignments of a Greco-Roman character. Some of the Roman archaeology at Stonehenge is mentioned here: http://historyhuntersinternational.org/2010/09/09/romans-at-stonehenge-standing-stones-to-cosmic-pillars/
Good concise summary I thought. Keep rattling the cages!
ReplyDeleteFirst, thank you for the video and all the thought invested.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the general tenor, that much of the history for Stonehenge is scrambled.
My own feeling for this monument is that in the Roman period, there was a major rearrangement of the stones, changing it from being just another circle of standing stones, of which there are a great many, to become a celestial temple with alignments of a Greco-Roman character. Some of the Roman archaeology at Stonehenge is mentioned here:
http://historyhuntersinternational.org/2010/09/09/romans-at-stonehenge-standing-stones-to-cosmic-pillars/