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VenerableBottyBurp Jun 7, 2005 10:58:18

Apparently Ch5 are setting up today with a polystyrene Stonehenge somewhere near Salisbury, the Western Daily Press states that it is an experiment to find out why it is where it is.

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O ocifant
ocifant Jun 7, 2005 11:35:59
Replying to VenerableBottyBurp

This is presumably the one that will be appearing on their Solstice Night program, when they are 'raising a new stonehenge'.

Tough old work, isn't it? Mind yer 'ed!

I Ishmael
Ishmael Jun 7, 2005 16:04:33
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any foam druids there yet?

P PMM
PMM Jun 8, 2005 04:20:53
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Lightweights :)

E elderford
elderford Jun 8, 2005 10:39:02
Replying to VenerableBottyBurp

Isn't it where it is because of the lattitude?

The sighting along the pairs of station stones at the soltices(?) form a pair of parallel lines. Something like one sights W to E the other E to W.

If all four stones are joined up they make a lovely rectangle, something impossible from lattitudes further to the north and south. (which would give you a wonky rectangle instead).

They knew back then that it was hip to be square.

V VenerableBottyBurp
VenerableBottyBurp Jun 8, 2005 14:08:37
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Those poly stones obviously aren't what they are blown up to be....

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N nigelswift
nigelswift Jun 8, 2005 15:18:49
Replying to VenerableBottyBurp

Polystyrene Stonehenge?
That's disgraceful.

Any use of polystyrene in an archaeological context ought to be on the basis of having been used previously in such a context and found to be satisfactory.

I mean, take the polystyrene that was put into Silbu

Oops.

V VenerableBottyBurp
VenerableBottyBurp Jun 10, 2005 20:03:10
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I can report that it has arrived on believe it or not "the Stonehenge express !"

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I Ishmael
Ishmael Jun 15, 2005 23:30:30
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