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
Thursday 12 October 2023
Raised beach ridges, Southampton Island
This is a gorgeous photo of raised beach ridges on Southampton Island in Arctic Canada. They are picked out by a thin covering of winter snow. Photo credit: Mike Beauregard.
This is one of the areas of highest isostatic recovery rates on planet Earth -- the marine limit on the coasts of Hudson Bay is in places over 300m, and on the Arctic islands occasionally over 200m.......
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