tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post235682961511243290..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Something strange at NunneyBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-62488887233977735362014-04-25T18:07:24.643+01:002014-04-25T18:07:24.643+01:00Brian, in the 3 years that have since elapsed, hav...Brian, in the 3 years that have since elapsed, have you managed to take a look for the Holwell deposit near Nunney?<br /><br />I often walk along the River Frome between Rode and Tellisford, north of Frome town at grid ref 80605500 and northwards on the next O.S.Sheet. There appears to be evidence of a much wider river, judging by the raised bank on the eastern side of the Frome in particular.TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-49143244349197410022011-02-01T12:39:51.546+00:002011-02-01T12:39:51.546+00:00Yes, these would all be valid and beneficial ways ...Yes, these would all be valid and beneficial ways of adding to the sum total of human knowledge.TONYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-43780496915075678582011-01-31T14:16:49.585+00:002011-01-31T14:16:49.585+00:00I agree. Archaeology is reasonably well served be...I agree. Archaeology is reasonably well served because legislation makes it a requirement for large projects (eg pipeline construction etc) to have an archaeology team on hand to document anything interesting that comes up, Isn't that what keeps Archaeology Trusts in gainful employment? I would like to see a similar requirement for geomorphology and geology! I still feel sad that none of the big pipeline projects running east from Milford Haven (which provided several slices through the sediments of west and South Wales) was properly monitored by trained observers. Think of all those sediment sequences and erratics that have gone unrecorded....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-53513785097486025332011-01-31T10:52:54.819+00:002011-01-31T10:52:54.819+00:00Your mention of how discoveries are often down to ...Your mention of how discoveries are often down to chance through human development schemes makes me think we could do with the present generation of Undergraduate Archaeologists being trained to LOOK OUT FOR such exposures when they are (often temporarily) revealed, as well as conducting "watching briefs" for archaeological features. Shame that current Government economic policy may reduce the number of archaeologists working in liaison with commercial outfits.TONYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-16927786540709840132011-01-30T22:17:04.277+00:002011-01-30T22:17:04.277+00:00I was citing a number of people who have speculate...I was citing a number of people who have speculated that since there appear to be old glacial deposits at Greylake and a number of other sites within the Somerset levels embayment (with more recent deposits on top of them) the ice of the Irish Sea Glacier might have extended as far as the chalk escarpment. <br /><br />Finds of old deposits are incredibly hit and miss -- I'm constantly reminded how little we know about the superficial deposits and sediment sequences of Somerset and Wiltshire -- often, discoveries are down to chance (road widening schemes, construction of new housing estates etc) and even then, if there is nobody around to interpret what gets uncovered, exposures get covered up again and the story is lost. I still think it's a fair bet that something is lurking out there, waiting to be discovered....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-91173766259405826682011-01-30T21:12:32.279+00:002011-01-30T21:12:32.279+00:00What are your current views on the possibility you...What are your current views on the possibility you alluded to in "The Bluestone Enigma" (page 118) of glacial deposits (and maybe the remnants of a terminal moraine) somewhere near Bradford-on-Avon near the confluence of the Avon and the Frome rivers?TONYnoreply@blogger.com