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Evergreen Dazed Jun 19, 2013 12:05:26

I've got a print of William Stukeleys 1724 plan of Avebury at home and there are 'dots' which form a large circle, just within the outer circle.
Anybody else noticed these and know what they represent?

E Evergreen Dazed
Evergreen Dazed Jun 19, 2013 12:12:26
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

The only reason I can think of for these dots is that he perhaps saw the ring stone and thought it a survivor of an 'inner' circle, and presumed the entire design to be concentric?
Just a wild guess, as I can't figure out what else they could be representing.

E Evergreen Dazed
Evergreen Dazed Jun 19, 2013 16:59:28
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

Its getting stranger...

http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/henge4.html

He seems to have drawn a fallen stone on the inner ring too.
(Just below and left of where it says 'Pasture II', in the trees)

E Evergreen Dazed
Evergreen Dazed Jun 19, 2013 17:10:29
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

So, with this 'inner' ring of dots, incorporating the ring stone in the east and a fallen stone in the west, did Stukeley see and record the remnants of an inner circle? It seems bonkers me even suggesting it, surely this would have been noticed before!?

Anybody know if any geophysical investigation has ever been carried out inside the henge in the areas of these 'dots'?