tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post8376834142871432967..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Is the glacial transport thesis now refuted?BRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-65461333323776240882017-02-19T18:03:03.921+00:002017-02-19T18:03:03.921+00:00I'm a late-comer here, so I'm sorry for th...I'm a late-comer here, so I'm sorry for that--and I hope you see this message, and that I might be able to comment: <br /><br />Can I just remark how the ice limit line of this map on this post (Aberystwyth study) and your https://brian-mountainman.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/anglian-glaciation-map.html map Brian, is beginning to very closely match the St Michael ley-line (most significant of all ley-lines. THE ley-line.)<br /><br />I have always had the intuition that ley-lines are the end of ice sheets, or else the paths of glaciers moving rocks, and of course this would leave rock morraines along these lines that ancient man would built megalithic sites out of, that either remain, or later became sites of castles and temples and later churches. <br /><br />It is interesting that this theory, and the most recent glacial extent maps by yourself and others, matches your theory of ancient people using glacial morraines more or less where they found them (which has always been an obvious intuition of mine also.)<br /><br />The only additional thought being that these lines/paths do indeed have 'charge' and electromagentic/energetic significance on their own. I have walked ley-lines and touched megaliths in West Cornwall and have had some notable consequences (light bulbs exploding when I turn on the light, etc) afterwards. I would not try to convince anyone--as only direct personal experience convinces in such matters.Jxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-21952524762256572862015-12-11T07:38:11.873+00:002015-12-11T07:38:11.873+00:00I noted the singular ommission of flint ducks in t...I noted the singular ommission of flint ducks in that list.<br />Norfolk to north Devon, can only have been love. I did London to Port Eynon by Lorry about the same time. Just to think of the time lines crossing somewhere like Swindon.<br />Very Dr Who.<br />You are more than correct 're Mike Pitts, accurate,acute and a touch acerbic.Excellent journo/Archie.<br />MMyris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-58834377985496097142015-12-10T22:49:04.256+00:002015-12-10T22:49:04.256+00:00I remember zooming slowly past Durrington Walls an...I remember zooming slowly past Durrington Walls and Stonehenge on my seriously underpowered moped in 1968 on a mammoth** journey from Norwich to North Devon..........all the rest of the '60's was just a blur......<br /><br /><br />** it has to be emphasisied that no mammoths nor aurochs nor '60's English Heritage archaeologists were killed during this journeyTonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-31283331849849128812015-12-10T10:48:09.768+00:002015-12-10T10:48:09.768+00:00My mother always said that undercooked pork rotted...My mother always said that undercooked pork rotted the brain. Perhaps that is why nobody remembers what actually happened - applies to the 1970s too for some festival goerschris johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210890033354730381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-34307232308082817332015-12-09T22:33:13.356+00:002015-12-09T22:33:13.356+00:00The recent research has brought the maximum ice fr...The recent research has brought the maximum ice front further south than was taught in the 1960s.<br />Or even in the 1990s. If that front brought large orthostats onto the Druidical plains is is as reasonable as saying there was a BA phase of stone movement that intended the proto orthostat the be dragged/carried to said plains.<br />I miss HK and his talk of the mountains on Salisbury Plain and bones and stones slipping down.<br />On balance, I think, the stones were moved by man/strong women to the sound of shaman wails and undercooked pork. Rather takes me to some festivals I went to in the early 70s. Though there far more patchouli in the 70s, just love that smell.<br />M<br />Myris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-79963189447217117542015-12-09T19:25:42.565+00:002015-12-09T19:25:42.565+00:00What does your latest comment "The general gl...What does your latest comment "The general glacial guff is always enticing and the southern movement of the ice front in the past decade eyewatering" actually mean, Myris, me old mate? Are you acknowledging then, that the ice front HAS INDEED moved southwards over the last decade of research, thereby giving a somewhat poetic yet cryptic nod to the veracity of these recent research findings?TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-53496992693503589022015-12-09T08:48:52.256+00:002015-12-09T08:48:52.256+00:00Yes, I agree that blogs are just a bit of fun. Bu...Yes, I agree that blogs are just a bit of fun. But actually I suspect that the things I say on this one are more critically appraised -- in an open and respectful way -- than many papers submitted to learned journals. Every now and then trolls cause a degree of mayhem, but I have now decided simply not to feed them, and they go away to cause trouble elsewhere. As I have said before, some articles are well refereed and are dealt with competently and fairly by editors, but many others which should never have seen the light of day are allowed to slip through the net. Editors have complete freedom to choose their referees, and if you and an editor and you want to see a paper published, that can always be arranged........<br /><br />But yes, papers published in journals are indeed on the record, and are then available for forensic examination by all who have an interest / expertise on the topic.<br /><br />Thinking of which, how on earth did this latest article in Antiquity ever make it into print?BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-91771609677307786972015-12-09T08:36:43.125+00:002015-12-09T08:36:43.125+00:00Bah I am no pseudonym but an entity in my own righ...Bah I am no pseudonym but an entity in my own right, beloved of Sublime Apollo.<br />Like 'agios Kostas I search for the Truth, mine is better than most, and believe that a prod here, a poke there,a little stroking moves us all further along.<br />Personal blogs are just that, however solid or sordid, the literature is the correct place. Good for Brian et al for quite ably interpreting the Cryf data. I know both versions can now be set alongside, stripped of their excessive flesh, and forensically examined.<br />This blog is fun but I am not certain that it has contributed enormously to the debate on the Stonehenge stones movement story, other than to keep the glacial theory comatose.<br />The general glacial guff is always enticing and the southern movement of the ice front in the past decade eyewatering.<br />M<br />Myris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-73889002848310816542015-12-08T22:08:07.086+00:002015-12-08T22:08:07.086+00:00Nevertheless, I am convinced, by virtue of direct ...Nevertheless, I am convinced, by virtue of direct observation of the Main Man at work, that, however aloof they may prefer to remain, nevertheless they do look at blog site discussions.TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-80654565920766647902015-12-08T21:56:14.440+00:002015-12-08T21:56:14.440+00:00Ah, some people probably think, Tony, that partici...Ah, some people probably think, Tony, that participation in blog site discussions is a rather sordid and degrading activity. They probably prefer to remain aloof.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-56487251420119915502015-12-08T21:52:00.726+00:002015-12-08T21:52:00.726+00:00Yet again (apart from someone I have met and excha...Yet again (apart from someone I have met and exchanged correspondence with, who goes under the pseudonym Myris) I expect there will be another DEAFENING SILENCE from the MPP Fraternity & Sorority to your 8 points, Brian.<br /><br />Silence speaks volumes, and I am entitled to quote that saying as an ex - Librarian. These Brothers & Sisters are incapable of participating in our debate.<br /><br />They have their Ruling Hypothesis, I prefer to call it a Closed - Minded, Luddite Hypothesis. And,nevertheless, they are too scared to offer any contribution, let alone participate in a debate, it appears, preferring to retreat behind their parapets of prejudice. To quote one of MPP's expressions, "Oh Dear".TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-45948825458702828642015-12-08T20:49:32.403+00:002015-12-08T20:49:32.403+00:00You will be disappointed, Alex. There is no prese...You will be disappointed, Alex. There is no presentation of the stratigraphy in the paper, let alone any detailed analysis of it. Zilch. It is entirely missing. Not there. Probably never was there -- or did the Editor chop it out? Can't believe that. The authors probably thought that stratigraphy and sediment analyses were a waste of time -- a worthless digression from the main matter in hand, which was the confirmation of the Gospel.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-61924198217533739642015-12-08T20:41:57.274+00:002015-12-08T20:41:57.274+00:00It will be interesting to see whether or not their...It will be interesting to see whether or not their detailed analysis of the sedimentary stratigraphy at Rhosyfellin, agrees with that of you and your colleagues in the latest QRA journal.<br /><br />Alex Geenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-69279326402880458972015-12-08T20:30:27.335+00:002015-12-08T20:30:27.335+00:00Can't wait to read it! Or is this another of t...Can't wait to read it! Or is this another of those $30 a pop jobs?<br />Alex Geenoreply@blogger.com