tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post1308072539244444508..comments2024-03-28T00:46:01.084+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Yet another London erraticBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-23658656396390032672012-05-01T11:31:16.385+01:002012-05-01T11:31:16.385+01:00Sherlock
Methinks you meant to say "the latt...Sherlock<br /><br />Methinks you meant to say "the latter", old man, eh, what?<br /><br />Shouldn't we be concentrating on your shafts of brilliance on these rain-filled, low pressure, depression days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-36470062969651588812012-04-30T15:00:29.902+01:002012-04-30T15:00:29.902+01:00I leave Dr Watson to dot i's and cross t's...I leave Dr Watson to dot i's and cross t's allowing me to think and make logical deductions of brilliance.<br /><br />Consequently, I suggest you both should concentrate on the former.<br /><br />SherlockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-24225162107207344252012-04-28T17:07:17.609+01:002012-04-28T17:07:17.609+01:00I strongly suspect, my dear fellow, that your dedu...I strongly suspect, my dear fellow, that your deduction is impeccable....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-81598414349628521502012-04-28T17:02:38.629+01:002012-04-28T17:02:38.629+01:00Sherlock
Do I detect Robert Langdon hiding behind...Sherlock<br /><br />Do I detect Robert Langdon hiding behind the spelling and punctuation mistakes and dogmatic ignorance? Call yourself an author?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-15668140481575532652012-04-28T16:58:15.702+01:002012-04-28T16:58:15.702+01:00Pete
I was referring to the National Trust walks ...Pete<br /><br />I was referring to the National Trust walks organised from Stonehenge Cottages on the A303 Stonehenge-Amesbury Road, rather than anything starting close to Stonehenge itself. I've been on A behind-the scenes tour at Avebury's Alexander Keiller Museum in the days when they were an hour long. <br /><br />Good to see that Amesbury is now getting its own Museum, so it will be able to display the Mesolithic finds from Vespasian's Camp, not so far from the N.T.'s Stonehenge Cottages base, appropriately enough found by the people's university, the Open University.Tony Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-6792981092840215232012-04-28T13:18:57.024+01:002012-04-28T13:18:57.024+01:00Tony,
in the last 5 years Me and my daughter have ...Tony,<br />in the last 5 years Me and my daughter have been the only locals to go on the Behind the Museum Tours the NT hold in September.<br />They started as an hour long and are now a quick 20 minute quick tour.<br />Stonehenge doesn't treat locals any better.<br />PeteGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-6448021272427436942012-04-28T13:11:15.717+01:002012-04-28T13:11:15.717+01:00Where did this obsession with water come from? Is...Where did this obsession with water come from? Is it entirely healthy?BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-90037190932745839662012-04-28T12:59:03.068+01:002012-04-28T12:59:03.068+01:00Well Watson AKA (myris)
Its gone now, do you thin...Well Watson AKA (myris)<br /><br />Its gone now, do you think it was the hard frost we had last winter bringing a 'secret' glacier to push it to a new field?<br /><br />Or can we deduce that the same human transportation (in this case a lorry) took away the same stone that was brought there in the first instance. Especially when you consider that nearly all tutor palaces were supplied by boat including their building materials as the roads were 'unreliable' for heavy transportation of goods and would continue to be so, until the 19th C.<br /><br />So like the 'duck pond' it looked somewhat different in the past.<br /><br />SherlockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-46307483869663272152012-04-28T09:48:33.244+01:002012-04-28T09:48:33.244+01:00Yes the water presumably does come either from The...Yes the water presumably does come either from The New River built 1613 and very dull in this part of North London, clean water from the River Lea into centralish London.. <br />Or perhaps Pymmes Brook but that is very shallow 10cms from memory. Salmons Brook the next nearest is on the otherside of the hill from Broomfield park.<br />No chance of moving anything anthrogenic -the natural streams are very local and very small; Salmons Brook could be dammed by small boys in an hour or so. <br />Rivers is a bit of a hype brooks is far more accurate.<br />Welsh money from Welsh base metal mines(not the gold)paid for The New River.<br />So for my money it is a glacial erratic.<br />Myris dowm memory laneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-52443991537327268332012-04-27T23:12:02.397+01:002012-04-27T23:12:02.397+01:00Pete
You seem to have hit upon a crucial flaw in t...Pete<br />You seem to have hit upon a crucial flaw in the NT's public relations policies. N.T. does seem to be primarily interested in the car-owning upper middle classes, as shown by the recent TV series on restoration of Avebury Manor with Margot Leadbetter/Penelope Keith etc. Meanwhile, the have-nots get less of a look in e.g. how many less well-off folk from down-town Swindon (just up the road) are actively encouraged to visit Avebury's National Trust properties by number 49 public transport bus? (though Sandi Toksvig, to her credit, demonstrated this is a viable possibility recently on a Radio 4 travel show, interviewing bus travellers and museum curators alike without fear or favour). In my experience, open days for the public at Avebury to do directly with archaeology are not marketed enthusiastically enough, events being called off, they have told me, through insufficient interest. I suspect National Trust Stonehenge do a better promotional job.Tony Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-27921201148826406782012-04-27T15:34:33.513+01:002012-04-27T15:34:33.513+01:00Tony,
unfortunately the NT don't give a hoot a...Tony,<br />unfortunately the NT don't give a hoot about the Avebury villagers.<br />They are only interested in filling the car park at £5 a pop and selling their tat in the shop.<br />They won't even let locals look at any of the finds they hand in so people have stopped giving them anything.<br />PeteGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-4550749263133245792012-04-27T14:20:15.774+01:002012-04-27T14:20:15.774+01:00Myris
You never know, the Minerals Officer for th...Myris<br /><br />You never know, the Minerals Officer for the Strategic Planning Authority at some point in time might well have been aware of the erratic, from a geological background point of view.<br /><br />TonyTony Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-56046574640912926382012-04-27T14:14:13.195+01:002012-04-27T14:14:13.195+01:00Pete,
Thanks for the News from 1939-45. I vaguely...Pete,<br /><br />Thanks for the News from 1939-45. I vaguely remember the Wiltshire County Planning Dept did its own report on Avebury Trusloe and the building of the 20th Century houses, perhaps I should have looked at it more carefully. TE Lawrence seems to have been very modest about his financial generosity. I'm pretty sure this is not heralded, for example, by the National Trust in the two Museums at Avebury, surely it ought to be? After all, the National Trust is always seeking to increase its revenue and there will apparently be 1.5 million EXTRA tourists this Olympics Year.Tony Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-4511546858714422752012-04-27T12:09:21.238+01:002012-04-27T12:09:21.238+01:00Myris (?)
Duck pond... a lake that was over 1000f...Myris (?)<br /><br />Duck pond... a lake that was over 1000ft long when it was first built according to the old maps. So to fill the 'duck pond' you need.. water! So where does the water come from..um 'rain' no cant be right there's a drought on!!<br /><br />Could it be that river that is 200ft south of the house, (of which the original inlet has been covered by a modern road) which also leads to the three biggest reservoirs in Britain that feeds the 6 million people of London and flows down to the Thames.<br /><br />No your right, must be a natural duck pond.<br /><br />SherlockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-88589502125316420132012-04-27T08:02:33.515+01:002012-04-27T08:02:33.515+01:00Sorry. no river, the water next to the house is pa...Sorry. no river, the water next to the house is part of a Grade II star listed water garden only one of three still around.<br />I just thought it a series of dirty duck ponds with oriental decking!!!<br />The erratic has been LOST How do you loose a many 100kilos, metre diameter stone!! <br />The civic trust know nothing about it<br />"Rob,<br />I have asked the person in charge of the Local History Centre in Enfield about this stone and plaque. He was not aware of it, but he passed on the query to his boss, the Borough Museum Officer. She sent me a reply this afternoon. There was a mention of such a stone in a book about Broomfield House, which was published many years ago, but she had no knowledge of what happened to the stone or a plaque on it. I will ask some other people, who may have a longer memory or association with the district, and will get back to you if I discover anything".<br />Now I do feel old and unworldly (and just need the dead bird about my neck before entering the caverns measureless to .....Portlock?).<br />MyrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-24080092070001117612012-04-26T22:25:44.706+01:002012-04-26T22:25:44.706+01:00Good lord!! The things we learn........Good lord!! The things we learn........BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-75200407560391436982012-04-26T22:23:34.231+01:002012-04-26T22:23:34.231+01:00Tony,
when WWII broke out there was a sugar shorta...Tony,<br />when WWII broke out there was a sugar shortage so no marmalade = no money.<br />This is why Avebury is only half reconstructed.<br />TE stepped in to help out the displaced villagers,<br />PeteGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-15996239216174797362012-04-26T21:43:14.430+01:002012-04-26T21:43:14.430+01:00Everything is connected. Something to do with Qua...Everything is connected. Something to do with Quantum Physics?BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-69726109493402652252012-04-26T21:39:35.841+01:002012-04-26T21:39:35.841+01:00I see T E Lawrence was for a while a practising ar...I see T E Lawrence was for a while a practising archaeologist, with Leonard Woolley, for example. Then Brian occupies his former College room, and eventually develops his own interests in matters archaeological. Coincidence?Tony Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-84968522293079189052012-04-26T21:35:07.907+01:002012-04-26T21:35:07.907+01:00Well, a lot of very erratic things went on in that...Well, a lot of very erratic things went on in that room over the course of 2 years -- put it down to learning about life. My lips are sealed...BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-46080163474509876822012-04-26T21:26:10.484+01:002012-04-26T21:26:10.484+01:00I always thought that Alexander Keiller had jars a...I always thought that Alexander Keiller had jars and jars of his own wealth:- in the family Marmalade Empire up in Dundee. But you live and learn (especially on this blogsite!).Tony Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-62489068985318908562012-04-26T21:21:01.393+01:002012-04-26T21:21:01.393+01:00Will the TE Lawrence room one day be called the Br...Will the TE Lawrence room one day be called the Brian John Erratic room?? Time will tell.<br /><br />A SYCOPHANTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-20461370257721900892012-04-26T18:36:01.257+01:002012-04-26T18:36:01.257+01:00How does an erratic get all that way down to South...How does an erratic get all that way down to Southgate?<br /><br />It maybe something to do with the river next to the house... but that's far too elementary!<br /><br />SherlockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-37181482030748124892012-04-26T16:20:58.833+01:002012-04-26T16:20:58.833+01:00TE Lawrence also gave Alexander Keiller the money ...TE Lawrence also gave Alexander Keiller the money to rehouse the Avebury villagers in Avebury Trusloe.<br />Not a lot of people know that either!<br />PeteGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-69855884930542519312012-04-26T12:04:21.056+01:002012-04-26T12:04:21.056+01:00Seven Pillars of Wisdom? Now there's a funny ...Seven Pillars of Wisdom? Now there's a funny thing. When I was at Jesus College my room was the TE Lawrence Room -- where he lived when he was a student. Very nice room too -- not a lot of people know that.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.com