Another re-telling of the old story. I found this on the Lawrenny web site. Obviously the writers of this narrative have not come across the Ixer / Turner paper which argued forcefully for the Cosheston Beds having nothing to do with either the Altar Stone or with any other sandstones at Stonehenge. They said that Altar Stone had come from the Senni Beds, some way to the east on the other side of Carmarthen Bay.
I'm interested also that the authors here are still going on about the "lost bluestone." Ah well, it makes for a good story......
But hang on -- I was talking to a senior geologist the other day who suggested that the "Cosheston Beds" theory is back on again, following some more petrography..... not sure if this is published yet. Ah, the joy of science!! When I know more, all will be revealed.
By 1700 B.C. Milford Haven was well known as a
seaway, for it was about that time that the famous bluestones were moved from
the Prescelly Mountains to Canaston Bridge and down the Milford Haven to
Stonehenge. Altogether some eighty stones weighing up to four tons each were
transported overland to Milford Haven where they were lashed to rafts for
the next stage of the journey to Stonehenge. The distance as the crow files was
135 miles and the operation must have involved at least 5,000 men.
Further up stream the huge altar stone 16' x 3' x 13' was being hewn out of the Cosheston beds at Langwm, while just around the corner from Lawrenny Ferry another gang was at work on the bed of micacious sandstone at Mill Bay. Somewhere in the Haven between Lawrenny and Coedcanlas is supposed to be one of the huge stones having sunk on is way from Prescelly.
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7 comments:
Where oh where does one begin? J.Clarkson aka Keyser Söze is not all wrong- a little extreme - but these are extreme times.
Now what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?
Those people were a kind of solution.
I like the idea of the Rhos material being dragged up the Preslli Hills and then down again and that raft has always been good for a smile.
Has anyone taken the dimensions of the raft- assume the paddlers are 5ft 5ins tall and calculated if the raft would even float? Assume density of the dolerite is 2.6.
Myris
Where is this 'Lawrenny website'? Haven't tracked it down, Holmes.
Watson
Sorry Watson. Here is the URL:
http://www.lawrennyyachtstation.co.uk/faq/faq.htm
Not an archaeological site -- just a funny little site put together by one of the locals, I suspect...
Agree, Myris -- that raft is the least seaworthy craft I have ever seen. Not even any ropes to control the sail. Totally useless, these Neolithic argonauts...
But this is essentially why they were intrepid. Total lunatics.
Frankie Drake
Look forward to hearing more about this.
Would entrained stones be more likely to follow the course of rivers?
Chris -- in short, no.
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