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, 28 January 2016
Lost Stones
I had to reproduce this splendid portrait of the eastern Preseli Hills, from the "Lost Stones" web site. Click to enlarge. On the matter of people plundering stones from "authentic locations" on Preseli, the people who run "Lost Stones" are making a business of selling shaped and polished stones from the area, but to their credit they say that all of their stones are taken from the jumble of bluestone and other erratics found on their own land, in fields and hedgerows. I don't have any problem with that, and wish the best of luck to anybody who starts a little business and has the persistence to run with it and make a success of it. Here is a link to their site:
http://www.loststones.co.uk
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