I think I know why so many people from Russia are interested in gateposts -- probably it is because Google is leading them to the site, to posts dealing with the "Russia Stones" which I have discusseed on several occasions........ use the search box to find those posts that are relevant.
The Russia Stones are indeed magnificent -- named after a cottage in the vicinity, which is now in ruins. The biggest stone is over 4m long, and it weighs more than 8 tonnes. Here is a pic which I took a few years ago.
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
2 comments:
Author Arthur Ransome is more commonly associated with the Lake District (Swallows & Amazons etc) and he worked in Russia for a while, but I doubt he ever lived in a cottage in Preseli?
Not as far as I know! The famous naturalist Ronald Lockley did live on Preseli for a while. He rented the farm called Hafod Tydfil, not far from Carn Goedog, on the northern flank of the mountain. Now it is completely ruinous.
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