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
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Mud, mud, glorious mud........
There is something rather wonderful about tidal estuaries at low tide, when all the mud banks are exposed. This particular scene is from Slebech Park, well up the Eastern Cleddau (also called Cleddua Ddu or "Black Cleddau") and a few miles from Picton Point.
There's not just mud here -- we can see in the bed of the creek that there are many boulders, and there are stony deposits exposed in the banks too. One warm summers day, when I feel inclined, I might check out whether any of these exposed deposits can truly be referred to as till........
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