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Littlestone L
Littlestone Jun 30, 2006 20:57:59
Replying to nigelswift

(But .... isn't there also just a bit of a chance that the Stonehenge bluestone circle was first erected in Avebury and was then moved to Stonehenge?
Warning... entering fantasy land...

Assuming the top of Silbury was designed to be flat it follows that it was designed to be flat for a reason (well, that's not for sure of course but it's a reasonable assumption :-)

Question. I've always thought a Stonehenge-type structure on top of Silbury would look rather nice and I seem to remember that the size of area at the top of the Hill is very close to the area that Stonehenge occupies (I know the top of Silbury has been messed about with a lot but the respective areas do seem to be pretty close). Now... if a bit of bluestone has also have been found up there as well that's rather interesting; it doesn't prove anything of course but... I just wonder... mmm... did Stonehenge once sit on the top of Silbury Hill?

Ducks, heads for cover and awaits the fallout (and if I don't come out until Tuesday it's because I'm in Avebury until then... yippee!).

P Pete G
Pete G Jun 30, 2006 21:09:40
Replying to Littlestone

nice to think of a small bluestone circle ontop resting enroute to Stonehenge...

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jun 30, 2006 21:28:40
Replying to Littlestone

...did Stonehenge once sit on the top of Silbury Hill?
Wonder if anyone has compared the height, above sea level, of Stonehenge with that of the summit of Silbury?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Jul 2, 2006 09:44:05
Replying to Littlestone

did Stonehenge once sit on the top of Silbury Hill?

You've stolen my fantasy.
Maybe not the whole of stonehenge, that's a step too far (and would look gross, nouveau riche) but the bluestone circle yes.

All we have to go on is what it looks like, and that's a very unsatisfying construction, with something missing. It's an empty plinth, definite.

So what was on there? Not a single monolith, that wouldn't look right or in proportion unless it was fifty feet high. But a circle of stones, about bluestone size, would look perfect, the whole thing would be in proportion.