The online edition of Wiltshire magazine is now available, and so we can all read the article by Robert Harvey at our leisure. It's called "New Light on Old Stones" but there is nothing new in it at all -- in fact, it isn't even up-to-date enough to report on the geology reports of the last 12 months or so. The design is delightful, but one would have thought that the author could have found SOMETHING relatively new to place before his readers. The Darvill - Wainwright nonsense about sacred stones and healing springs is repeated yet again -- although the author does have the good grace to report on Mike Pitts' scepticism.......
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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...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
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There will be two further articles on the same broad subject. Let's hope these may be slightly more up-
to - date! Its (largely Wiltshire) readership surely deserve better, rather than being kept in the Dark Ages! After all, they are being encouraged to subscribe to the next two issues of the magazine NOW, albeit at a slightly reduced price.
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