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mountainman wrote:
Since when did the sarsens at Stonehenge come from a long way off? HH Thomas (among many others) thought they had come from the neighbourhood, and I can't see any evidence to suggest that he was wrong on this one.


I think there IS some evidence he was wrong. If you look at the sarsen drifts back towards Avebury you'll see they are all shapes and sizes and ones that are approximately the right size or shape for Stonehenge uprights (or lintels) are mighty rare. It seems a bit of a rum idea that only the right shaped and right sized sarsens existed near Stonehenge. There would be a vastly larger number of unsuitable ones as well wouldn't there? Statistically (and by reference to other drifts) the vast majority would be of no use - too rounded or hopelessly wrong-sized to be used as either uprights or lintels. Where are those rejects?


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Posted by nigelswift
16th December 2008ce
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