tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post8299841979969531823..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Bronze Age Quarrying at Carn BriwBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-41281652691973458102012-03-21T18:12:13.358+00:002012-03-21T18:12:13.358+00:00To the best of my knowledge, some of the small cai...To the best of my knowledge, some of the small cairns in this area (assumed to be Bronze Age) are scattered about all over the place, and they are assumed to be clearance cairns. I know for a fact that some of these are not Bronze Age at all -- people were making clearance cairns on the flanks of Carningli in the early 1800's. But the ones on the summits and ridges seem to me to be authentic as burial sites -- some have been excavated and were found to contain cist burials. Cultural dimension? Surely just as strong as the cultural dimension of the round barrows scattered around on Salisbury plain and made mainly of chalk rubble and earth? The problem with these stone cairns is that they look rough and ready, and are easier for boy scouts to rearrange when they want to get shelter from the wind and rain......BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-75743723032891411612012-03-21T13:52:09.966+00:002012-03-21T13:52:09.966+00:00I am glad you put up a post about cairns, although...I am glad you put up a post about cairns, although I always believe this phenomenon was more recent than the Stonehenge period - more of a late bronze age thing, chieftains trying to impress via the size of their members.<br /><br />I never saw the cultural dimension. Making a big pile of rocks demonstrates you have some power but it lacks mystery and I don't see how it might ever bring anyone in touch with a different plane however many mushrooms they ingested. There are a lot of cairns in the British uplands and they tend to look the same everywhere - so there is some kind of cultural binding factor at work.<br /><br />Can anyone on this blog explain cairns to me? I confess I don't see the pointchris johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210890033354730381noreply@blogger.com