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...
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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
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
The Cromlech Challenge
On a number of occasions in the past I have referred to Steve Burrow's book called "The Tomb Builders". Here is one post, from 2011:
http://brian-mountainman.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/inside-neolithic-mind.html
Essentially, Steve's research leads him to believe that all of the cromlechs in Wales were built from stones simply collected from the vicinity - from handy broken rock outcrops, from bedrock stone litter in the landscape, or from glacial erratics. I know the Pembrokeshire megalithic monuments pretty well, and from my limited experience, I think Steve has got it right. I would extend the "local stone use" thesis to Bronze Age standing stones as well.
So here is a challenge. Does anybody have any evidence that can be used to undermine this assertion? If so, let's hear about it..........
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Incidentally, MPP has quoted Steve Burrow as a reference in his UCL Discovery pdf which was highlighted in the recent Post about Gordon Childe and the Unification theory:-
BURROW,S 2010 The formative henge: speculations drawn from the circular traditions of Wales and adjacent counties. IN J LEARY, T DARVILL and D FIELD (eds.) Round Mounds & Monumentality IN THE British Neolithic & Beyond. Oxford: Oxbow, pp 182 -196
Clearly, MPP considers Steve Burrow's contributions.......on occasions!!
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