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goffik Oct 7, 2009 13:00:12

What about Bluestonehenge, huh? Great news, isn't it? What a find!!!

Thought I'd start a new thread to give the new discoveries a bit more of a positive birth on TMA!

I find it amazing - still - that there's so much stuff just waiting to be found... You'd have though somewhere like Stonehenge (and surrounding areas) would have all been excavated to buggery by now, due to it's popularity. You gotta love it when such a hugely impressive site can go undiscovered for so long!

And you just KNOW how excited I get when ancient sites can be linked to water! :D

I wonder how many more features are going to be found in this area? Amazing stuff... Anyway - gonna wade my way through all the news reports and press releases now to swot up on it! Wish me luck... ;)

G x

Squid Tempest Oct 7, 2009 13:05:28

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goffik wrote:

Anyway - gonna wade my way through all the news reports and press releases now to swot up on it! Wish me luck... ;)
G x

I look forward to your comprehensive and detailed report. I expect it on my desk, Monday latest.

Littlestone Oct 7, 2009 13:23:06

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goffik wrote:

What about Bluestonehenge, huh? Great news, isn't it? What a find!!!

Thought I'd start a new thread to give the new discoveries a bit more of a positive birth on TMA!

Well done Goff. And well done baza for adding it here - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/12453

tiompan Oct 7, 2009 13:25:28

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goffik wrote:

What about Bluestonehenge, huh? Great news, isn't it? What a find!!!

Thought I'd start a new thread to give the new discoveries a bit more of a positive birth on TMA!

And you just KNOW how excited I get when ancient sites can be linked to water! :D

G x

We don't know what it is yet . 7-9 sockets that may have held bluestones
and if they did may have been part of a more circular feature none of which remains .There is a bit of a surrounding ditchand bank that may be a henge . The ditch may be dated due to the antler finds but the sockets only have charcoal supposedly a later deposit after the stones were removed (if they existed in the first place ) .If it was a stone circle the lack anything funerary or deposits makes the connection with the" stone for the dead , wood for the living" idea look a bit creaky . The RC dates will be crucial but lets hope the resulting interpretation is not too far fetched .

bladup Oct 7, 2009 14:33:55

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Great find, esp as they looked there, glad you started new thread as i couldn't believe how pretentious the other was and the only link to water was him taking the piss, they just don't like people knowing about it so they can get the book written first and make a few quid from it!! not elitist eh, might explain some of the marks on the bluestones at stonehenge though, and the amount of times i've already heard about them been brought from west wales is mad!! if prehistoric people had brought them they would have ALL been the best stone not these soft tuffs that some of them were, a glacier doesn't pick stones in this way!!! really just stop and think about it, these people bringing stone 150 miles just to let it rot in the ground, no no they were right stone experts you can see this all over europe!!!! rant over, oh no this was meant to be a positive thread, i also read that someone who worked on the dig said that no one was told not to say anything and mpp also showed the public who had gone to see around{ even though it was on private land-whatever that is!!!!}

Littlestone Oct 7, 2009 17:30:17

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What about Bluestonehenge...

The name Bluestonehenge is a bit of a mouthful - can't see it sticking. Suggest Blustonhenge (and if it's ever adopted remember it was first mentioned here ;-)

StoneGloves Oct 7, 2009 17:38:46

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Yes, there's loads to be found. And the site demonstrates that the best place to look for stuff is near some other stuff. Still no answer to the Riddle of the Bluestones though ...

FourWinds Oct 9, 2009 08:21:31

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Why does it have to have a catchy name? Why can't it just be named sensibly after the place it is in? It's a stone circle on XXXX Farm: why can't it be 'XXXX Farm Stone Circle' or something?

Stonehenge Road Stone Circle would at least be an indication of its whereabouts. Or Normanton Stone Circle. Anything but a touristy/Red-Top name like Bluestonehenge!

MartinStraw Oct 15, 2009 18:50:30

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Interesting stuff and talking of stones and water, David Webb and the New Forest dowsing team is doing very interesting electronic measurements at Avebury stones with under ground water flow - strong ionisation results both there and at our old friend the Rollright stone circle in Oxfordshire. Wonder if Peter Knight has picked up on this, since he also visits Avebury a lot, just as you do.

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