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nigelswift wrote:
"A great account of a mammoth act of faith. Bravo to MPP and his intrepid team."

That's how I felt, yet a lot of archaeologists and others are very critical and said the account is full of holes (no pun intended). Seemed convincing to me.

I must admit I haven't seen any criticisms Nigel, but it's Stonehenge we are talking about so be expected. I know there is some antipathy towards MPP and he must know it too. It did say in the programme that the students doing all the slog in the wind and rain rebelled at one point. All I can say is I found myself respecting the man's resilience and perseverance over a decade.

Wiltshire Museum in Devizes has an online Q&A with MPP among others about the recent discoveries:

https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?event=online-event-latest-archaeological-news-and-research-q-a-session&event_date=2021-02-22

£4.50 for non members

"Antipathy" is putting it mildly June!

"So it is quite extraordinary that Parker Pearson, with the full support of his geologists Rob Ixer and Richard Bevins, has not even bothered to check whether the one standing stone and three recumbent stones at Waun Mawn are made of local unspotted dolerite. That should have been his first, and most obvious, line of investigation. Instead, he has ignored the local geology altogether and has suggested that the stones have come from Cerrigmarchogion, about 4 km away!

What on earth are these people playing at?"

https://brian-mountainman.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-geology-of-waun-mawn.html