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
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Enjoy!
I was inspired by those wonderful images last night on "Frozen Planet" to take a trawl around the northern lands on Google Earth. Above are two images from Ellesmere Island, northern Canada.
The top one is particularly impressive -- we might call it "The Big Bang" except that there probably isn't much of a bang. But no less than seven glaciers colliding -- the forces are unimaginable.
Glaciers can do almost anything, folks! Carrying a few pathetically small stones from West Wales to Stonehenge? A doddle.....
Click to enlarge.
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