tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post7057617663312682096..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: The diddy little pair of standing stones at Carn MeiniBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-84337762519767859452011-10-05T22:35:42.462+01:002011-10-05T22:35:42.462+01:00Field archaeologists have looked at this site in d...Field archaeologists have looked at this site in detail on several occasions in the past decade and it is a scheduled ancient monument, although doubt exists as to whether it is Neolithic or Bronze Age. If they manage to get a radiocarbon date they may at least help progress that particular debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-37739651538108141742011-10-05T15:41:06.547+01:002011-10-05T15:41:06.547+01:00Far be it from me to cast suspicions on the two pr...Far be it from me to cast suspicions on the two professors. They may have vivid imaginations, but I doubt that they would sink to the fabrication of evidence. The stones look OK to me -- although their miniature size is a source of wonderment. Look at the mark which shows where ground level was before the excavation started. That looks quite authentic.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-80742150012595902282011-10-05T15:18:10.725+01:002011-10-05T15:18:10.725+01:00Do we know for absolute certain that no skulldugge...Do we know for absolute certain that no skullduggery was involved in this ' uncanny discovery of a pair of Stonehenge-like Bluestones'?? Even if it was pouring with rain and many got pneumonia.P Mandelsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-7834383079296483692011-10-03T21:40:37.945+01:002011-10-03T21:40:37.945+01:00In that post, some doubt is cast on the idea that ...In that post, some doubt is cast on the idea that these standing stones are made of bluestone. Everything here (apart from some rhyolites)is dolerite, some stones more spotted than others.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-91950642796254967552011-10-03T19:35:59.550+01:002011-10-03T19:35:59.550+01:00Toby actually recorded the site ,as mentioned in ....Toby actually recorded the site ,as mentioned in .<br />http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=63565&message=808299Geo Curhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616965043116389325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-77647930396670872632011-10-03T17:14:42.103+01:002011-10-03T17:14:42.103+01:00If you look at where the old ground surface was, t...If you look at where the old ground surface was, the "pair of standing stones" must have projected about 20cm above the turf. So no wonder Toby didn't spot them when he flew over in his aeroplane!BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-18229362557569517172011-10-03T17:09:10.255+01:002011-10-03T17:09:10.255+01:00They wouldn't have been so hidden if they were...They wouldn't have been so hidden if they were actually standing stones,I dont' think the debris was much more than a metre high and apart from the capstone was aminly quite small rocks .Geo Curhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616965043116389325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-67678946005213430582011-10-03T16:53:01.721+01:002011-10-03T16:53:01.721+01:00Tim Darvill's Ph.D was based on a study of the...Tim Darvill's Ph.D was based on a study of the Neolithic in Wales and the West of England, and the Neolithic is one of his major career specialisms. It is interesting to know that in his Graduate Year (1979) from University of Southampton was none other than Mike Parker Pearson.Tony Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-76236607449414967232011-10-03T16:48:54.729+01:002011-10-03T16:48:54.729+01:00Brian,
Thanks for the post. The photos of these &...Brian,<br /><br />Thanks for the post. The photos of these 'miniature standing stones' is 'clear and convincing' evidence of the extremes that 'true believers' would go to 'witness' their faith and fable. When people need to believe, the 'magic' is 'real'! How can they get away with it? <br /><br />I understand why they insulate themselves from your truth. <br /><br />KostasConstantinos Ragazashttp://knol.google.com/k/constantinos-ragazas/the-un-henging-of-stonehenge/ql47o1qdr604/16#noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-54327979033424475542011-10-03T16:23:01.804+01:002011-10-03T16:23:01.804+01:00Thanks Geo -- interesting post on that other site....Thanks Geo -- interesting post on that other site. But in fairness to the 2 professors, Toby Driver would not have seen these sweet little standing stones because they were hidden beneath the debris of the Neolithic chambered tomb.....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-41707513905256299062011-10-03T16:17:12.150+01:002011-10-03T16:17:12.150+01:00I made the point a wee while ago elsewhere http://...I made the point a wee while ago elsewhere http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=63565&message=808299 that if there were any standing stones to be seen they would have been noted by Toby Driver .No mention that I remember of whether they were bluestones or not .Geo Curhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616965043116389325noreply@blogger.com