Thanks to Mike Pitts for letting me know about this new work at Boles Barrow, clearly led by Richard Osgood, senior archaeologist at the MOD. Apparently the work was part of "Operation Nightingale", and the dig was done in late summer 2022. It's a messy and rather decrepit site, apparently greatly damaged because it is located on MOD land. A talk is being organized by Salisbury Museum in April.
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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Retired County Archaeologist Roy Canham was instrumental in ensuring the MOD cooperated with the former Wiltshire County Council, and indeed obtained a British Empire medal for his efforts, including his input into the area Conservation Groups for Salisbury Plain Training Area. He is still active with the Bradford on Avon Museum Research Group e g its Lidar research on the plateau above that town.
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