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...
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Castell Mawr -- Neolithic, Iron Age, or both?
Found this superb high-quality image of Castell Mawr -- the site now being mooted by MPP and colleagues as the HQ of the Neolithic tribe responsible for all that quarrying and transporting....... they think there are signs of Neolithic influence in the arrangement of banks and ditches, and the entrances too. Maybe they see a "causewayed enclosure" here? Anyway, I suppose they may do some work here next summer.
Just for your information (as I know it wont get published) it looks like a classic harbour to me!
Very similar to Durrington Walls in shape - if it was a Causeway enclosure it would have two concentric circles - one for the boats the other for water.
Unlike the 'primitive' dark age and medieval people who used wells and so caught nasty diseases - these open reservoirs had reed beds growing in them which purifies the water and removes toxins. They also can make quite good boats!
Dam clever these Mesolithic (so called)'hunter gatherers'.
4 comments:
Brian
Just for your information (as I know it wont get published) it looks like a classic harbour to me!
Very similar to Durrington Walls in shape - if it was a Causeway enclosure it would have two concentric circles - one for the boats the other for water.
Unlike the 'primitive' dark age and medieval people who used wells and so caught nasty diseases - these open reservoirs had reed beds growing in them which purifies the water and removes toxins. They also can make quite good boats!
Dam clever these Mesolithic (so called)'hunter gatherers'.
RJL
What the hell, Robert. Yours are not the only fantasies featured on this blog -- it's part of my service to humanity.
Brian
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself - some of the pictures are good!
RJL
Something for everybody, that's my motto.
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