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
Friday, 13 February 2015
Blackrock Dolmen
We are a civilized bunch on this blog, well known throughout the western world for our sophisticated arguments and artistic leanings.....
For no other reason than that I think this rather beautiful, here is a pic of "Blackrock Dolmen", a 1987 sculpture by Rowan Gillespie now installed in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland.
If you want to use this to prove that the sculptor knows something the rest of us don't -- namely that the cromlechs of Ireland were built by elves -- that's your privilege. By the way, are there elves on Salisbury Plain as well?
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Well, I too think this is rather beautiful, and the sculpture reflects the proportions of the Church beyond.
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