The Stonehenge cremated remains are from Wales​….

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tjj Aug 3, 2018 17:38:52
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
The cremation dates are "tantalisingly” close to the date when the bluestones were brought into the earlier ditch and bank monument to form the first stone circle.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/02/revealed-stonehenge-buried-welsh?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Is this the end of the glaciation theory?
Discuss.
A well written piece from the Guardian - which seems to say yes, the end of the glaciation theory. Last night I tried to follow a FB discussion on the Prehistoric Society page but difficult to pull together all the comments when Wales as a separate country didn't exist 5000 years ago (someone helpfully posted a Roman map of Wales).

The article gives a nice little tribute to Geoffrey Wainwright (and Timothy Darvill). I well remember their healing stones theory.

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nigelswift Aug 3, 2018 19:52:10
Replying to tjj

Yes, Geoffrey Wainwright spent his life attributing Stonehenge to Welsh builders so it's sad he's no longer here.

Mike Pitts seems to be casting doubt but hasn't yet said why.

Brian John spent a while here defending his glaciation theory so it'll be interesting to see how he reacts..

H Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger Aug 7, 2018 09:54:34
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
Last night I tried to follow a FB discussion on the Prehistoric Society page but difficult to pull together all the comments when Wales as a separate country didn't exist 5000 years ago (someone helpfully posted a Roman map of Wales).
Was that a Roman Map of Wales?

Or a map of Roman Wales?

They are very different things... and of course neither...