tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post5311704513519625050..comments2024-03-28T14:00:12.372+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: The prehistoric quarries at Foel DrygarnBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-13253287288853322012018-10-31T08:46:47.938+00:002018-10-31T08:46:47.938+00:00Probably is Brian. Anything below 5kg could be eas...Probably is Brian. Anything below 5kg could be easily used as a projectile if combined with a sling. 10kg is a tad heavy.Jon Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264966739582178631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-87210266091637905382018-10-30T22:20:28.301+00:002018-10-30T22:20:28.301+00:00A bit like the human movement of several tons of e...A bit like the human movement of several tons of each bluestone from Preseli to Salisbury Plain - I've always thought that was a far - fetched fantasy, rather than a fantastic feat,folks.TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-71330948503984357562018-10-30T17:46:07.010+00:002018-10-30T17:46:07.010+00:00Most of the stones in the mounds are smaller than ...Most of the stones in the mounds are smaller than 20-40 kg -- I suppose, at a push, two men could carry them and heave them over the edge of the top embankment and hope that they would roll downhill, flattening an enemy or two on the way. But it all seems a bit far-fetched to me.........BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-2099263293648731022018-10-30T16:48:26.664+00:002018-10-30T16:48:26.664+00:00Agreed.. 20-40 is a lot. 5-10 you could perhaps ma...Agreed.. 20-40 is a lot. 5-10 you could perhaps make work using extended stone throwers. Thought they might be in that rangeJon Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264966739582178631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-77963267560479524262018-10-30T10:28:39.586+00:002018-10-30T10:28:39.586+00:00Well, I suppose the Iron Age warriors who were in ...Well, I suppose the Iron Age warriors who were in occupation of the site did throw stones at their attackers, but not stones weighing 20 - 40 kg. Unless, of course, they were giants, as suggested in some ancient legends........<br /><br />I think I'll stick with the Bronze Age burial mound hypothesis, especially since there are other similar mounds all over the place that have no connections with fortifications. Carn Briw, Foel Feddau, Foelcwmcerwyn, Foel Eryr -- all on hill summits, well away from stone-throwing warriors and giants......BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-63400977990655130142018-10-30T09:06:39.655+00:002018-10-30T09:06:39.655+00:00looks like security only in retrospect. Is there a...looks like security only in retrospect. Is there any chance that the mounds are just ammunition dumps?Jon Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264966739582178631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-36955957687692151052018-10-28T20:44:00.323+00:002018-10-28T20:44:00.323+00:00Der is right - the only reason to build so solidly...Der is right - the only reason to build so solidly on Drygarn is security.<br /><br />The fortification post-date the main work at Stonehenge by a thousand years or more. We just saw that the prominent hill at Castell Mawr seems to have been unoccupied in the Stonehenge period too - presumably it was too peaceful to want to live on a windswept summit even when there is a view.chris johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210890033354730381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-27369376104671546932018-10-27T16:22:15.825+01:002018-10-27T16:22:15.825+01:00Hi Der.
I think you may have to send Brian a remi...Hi Der.<br /><br />I think you may have to send Brian a reminder as he may not have read your last Comment.<br /><br />You could also go in your local library and seek out some books on British hillforts for a general explanation - or Welsh or Pembrokeshire hillforts if available.<br /><br />TonyTonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-70680769797503104432018-10-26T17:45:23.864+01:002018-10-26T17:45:23.864+01:00Hi,
Very interesting. Do you have any theories o...Hi,<br /><br />Very interesting. Do you have any theories of why these people would have lived on top of a hill? It would be so open to the elements and cold up there? Was the climate warmer then? Was it so dangerous that they had to live on high ground where they would be able to see and more easily repel any enemy attack?Derhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03032379645318088250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-24097039561460616822018-10-24T19:49:26.550+01:002018-10-24T19:49:26.550+01:00That is a very interesting Archaeological question...That is a very interesting Archaeological question. What did the people From Stonehenge see in the spotted Dolerite that the locals didn't! Are the Spotted Dolerites at Stonhenge the first recorded example of Tourist Tat? Ere bud get the spotty rocks out ere comes another of those foreign eejits! One born every minute!Alex Geenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-3740986390260306272018-10-24T16:09:43.903+01:002018-10-24T16:09:43.903+01:00Everything is aligned to something, as generations...Everything is aligned to something, as generations of Stonehenge studies have reminded us.........BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-3282089144448231742018-10-24T15:45:06.100+01:002018-10-24T15:45:06.100+01:00Yes, on closer inspection looks like perhaps 3 deg...Yes, on closer inspection looks like perhaps 3 degrees or so South. Jon Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264966739582178631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-17601738825482448262018-10-24T11:46:54.867+01:002018-10-24T11:46:54.867+01:00I don't think so, Jon -- I think the alignment...I don't think so, Jon -- I think the alignment of the three cairns runs quite a way south of the Preseli summit. Worth checking on the ground maybe.....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-74734900344345898132018-10-24T10:52:19.676+01:002018-10-24T10:52:19.676+01:00That's interesting. Must have been important t...That's interesting. Must have been important to have deposited such a volume of material. The three cairns appear to be aligned directly towards Cwmcerwyn. Jon Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264966739582178631noreply@blogger.com