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EH Excavation work starts on marden henge Wiltshire

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Rhiannon R
Rhiannon Jun 28, 2010 15:40:32
Replying to copius-freakus2

It's great that someone's looking at the site. Marden's so big it can't help but feed your imagination.

(Er no I dont' know anything. And it's irrelevant but I just want to point out what a marvellously researched article that is, saying that there aren't any stones left (there probably never were any) and that the mound still exists (er it doesn't). Henge always = stonehenge in people's minds doesn't it, even though stonehenge is so unusual)

M moss
moss Jun 29, 2010 06:07:38
Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:
It's great that someone's looking at the site. Marden's so big it can't help but feed your imagination.

(Er no I dont' know anything. And it's irrelevant but I just want to point out what a marvellously researched article that is, saying that there aren't any stones left (there probably never were any) and that the mound still exists (er it doesn't). Henge always = stonehenge in people's minds doesn't it, even though stonehenge is so unusual)

Well it got a bit better in This is Wiltshire .....

"But archaeologist Jim Leary and his team from English Heritage is hoping to discover the henge's hidden secrets, including a 45ft mound that was destroyed in the 19th century and what could have been an artificial island in the River Avon used for sacrificial offerings."

http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/8243386.New_excavation_begins_at_Marden_Henge/?ref=rss

T The Eternal
The Eternal Jul 2, 2010 19:45:47
Replying to Rhiannon

Every book I've read about the prehistory of Wessex makes a lot of mention about Marden, and it always seemed to me be important in the grand scheme of things, looking at the size of it on the map. Almost like the missing piece in the space between Avebury and Stonehenge. Like that bit of motorway that needs a service station. I always wondered why it had been ignored by the archaeologists. Funding, probably. Trawled t'internet, looked for books and info, found next to sod all of any merit. Can't wait for the report, me. Hopefully a nice book, too, sold on Oxbow naturally, will follow. Roll on.

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