A new article has just been published by Gowan et al. It's all about a spat between two different research groups, so we won't go into that, but the important thing is the emerging consensus that the lowest point reached by global sea level was about -120m around 20,000 years ago. So at the time of the latest dated LGM ice edge maximum in the Celtic Sea (including west Wales) sea level was low, and still falling..........
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
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