tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post2802414502325804746..comments2024-03-19T07:27:38.215+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Ring of Brodgar againBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-2096007202073369492014-02-11T20:29:22.060+00:002014-02-11T20:29:22.060+00:00Archaeologist Colin Richards has just brought out ...Archaeologist Colin Richards has just brought out a book entitled "Building The Great Stone Circles of The North" [i.e. North of Britain, mostly Orkney and the Outer Hebrides, which he knows, from excavating, well].A MERE £39.95. Reviewed by Mike Pitts in British Archaeology, March/April 2014. He says it is an important and engaging study. [There is also a chance, courtesy of this magazine, to win a free copy.]TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-89011889061195435062014-02-07T17:17:54.627+00:002014-02-07T17:17:54.627+00:00I note that the quarry lies just north of "th...I note that the quarry lies just north of "the contemporary late Neolithic village" of Skara Brae, with its well-known stone houses containing stone bed frames and "cupboards" etc.<br />What is known of the geology of these stone houses and their contents? Does it show a geological similarity to the Vestra Fiold location of an identified quarry?TonyHnoreply@blogger.com