From the Beeb — Tomb found at Stonehenge quarry

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GLADMAN G
GLADMAN Sep 1, 2011 18:38:51
Replying to The Sea Cat

The Sea Cat wrote:
Indeed. There's sacred nature of springs/rivers to the Celts for example, as portals to the Otherworld etc, and holy rivers such as the Nile, and the Ganges, with the sacred city of Varanassi with its Ghats on the river banks. A connection between springs and sacred sites in the antiquity of many cultures is a very interesting topic.
I've also noted a possible correlation between the placing of many Welsh Bronze Age mountain summit cairns overlooking river sources (e.g Aran Fawddwy, numerous Carneddau summits and even Yr Wyddfa itself..... or specifically sited to face water (obvious example the Drosgl cairns, again on the Carneddau)

S StoneGloves
StoneGloves Sep 1, 2011 19:30:10
Replying to GLADMAN

My stone circle at Kirkhaugh has a limestone riverbed and in summer, low flow, the water disappears down a pothole, above the circle, and reappears from another pothole, below the circle.

Not all sources of water are the same and, with taps, we've forgotten about having to find and carry water. Sometimes a spring will be good most of the year and then go bad in the hot weather. Some are bad all the year round, or brackish. Water is blessed heavy to carry, as anyone who's lived in a house without running water will confirm. No water, no life ...