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Kammer Nov 28, 2005 22:38:14

Replying to Ishmael

I reckon the river was sacred. There was no direct link between Durrington Walls and Stonehenge. These were just two temples, competing for devotees. A bit like if you had a Roman Catholic church a few doors down from an Anglican church.

Why they bothered with all that digging I'll never know.

K x

Ishmael Nov 28, 2005 22:41:45

Replying to Kammer

Poor Josh hardly got a word in!
MPP kept hogging the camera with his Ancestors theory and Clive Ruggles?
Give me a break!
(An arm would do)

Littlestone Nov 28, 2005 22:59:43

Replying to Kammer

>I reckon the river was sacred.<

Yeah, reckon you might be right there.

Not sure I buy this, 'wood was for the living, stone for the dead' malarkey (and then to make the quantum leap into the present by saying it's like a 'temporary wooden cross being eventually replaced by a stone one.' Nah... I'm sticking with me pigs mate (no pun intended).

And what about a roof? Clothing flopping about in the wind? No way. You gonna stick that many big posts up in da ground you gonna wanna roof boss. Couldn't help drawing a parallel with the Sanctuary-West Kennet Avenue-Avebury complex though.