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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Saturday, 13 January 2024
Other Quaternary sediments -- Isles of Scilly
Cemented raised beach on the granite beach platform, Carn Morval (St Mary's). Photo: Dave Mawer
Carn Morval, St Mary's. There are abundant far-travelled clasts, some rounded and some sub-rounded and sub-angular. I would hazard a guess that this is a Late Devensian till incorporating some raised beach material.
Rounded red sandstone erratic pebble in what appears to be a fresh till above granite grus -- Gweal Hill, Bryher. Photo: Dave Mawer.
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