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nigelswift Aug 31, 2003 10:45:54
Replying to Steve Gray

About you saying surely there must be some documents we can access...
Lord, why does everything English Heritage gets involved with annoy me…
“Cleal, R M J, Walker, K E, and Montague, R 1995 Stonehenge in its Landscape: the twentieth-century excavations, English Heritage Arch Rep, 10, London (ISBN 1 85074 6052; 640p, 295 illus, 26 colour plates)”

“This can be purchased for £70”

On the other hand, there have been a lot of excavations:
http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:IW9spUj81RYJ:apollo5.bournemouth.ac.uk/consci/stonehenge/appendix1a.htm+stonehenge+excavations&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
but a lot was badly done and badly recorded. 55% has now been disturbed. It all looks very complex. I don’t know if anyone can make anything from the plan here…
http://www.savestonehenge.org.uk/chip.html

Mike Pitts discovered and excavated a new hole in 1979/80. I’m sure he could help. Pete G could tell us…

S Steve Gray
Steve Gray Aug 31, 2003 11:04:14
Replying to nigelswift

Can someone with the book just let us know what it has to say on the matter? I don't fancy forking out 70 quid just for half a page of possibly inconclusive information.

What I did find interesting from your two web links was that the bedrock is chalk. I wonder what depth of sediment lay above the chalk when the monument was built. There was mention of a pavement being discovered. That ought to give some idea of the original level. Although chalk isn't particularly strong, it's is likely to be a good deal stronger than the clayey loam in my back garden. My guess is that an 8 foot pit in chalk would arrest the roating column quite nicely, with maybe just a bit of fracturing near the top.