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Restoring Stonehenge

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Littlestone Jan 22, 2006 13:09:14

Replying to moss

Thanks moss - the JR site looks interesting.

Just compared Camden's illustration with a diagram on page 137 of Mike Pitts' <b>Hengeworld</b>. Camden seems to show ten lintels in place while Pitts shows nine, with three more on the ground. Looks like the lintel that was still in place in Camden's time is the one that now lies between the two standing stones in the north of the circle.

All this must have been written about before though :-)

cropredy Jan 22, 2006 19:36:10

Replying to Littlestone

The title of this thread is restoring stone henge.
I have just obtained a book on the rollright stones, dated 1884, the first thing in it is a description ofhow in 1882 the proprietor of little rollright had just replaced all the fallen stones.
So I consider you are correct to investigate the possible position of the fallen stones, but with respect, I would ask you to consider something.
I realise you feel I am subverting , but my aim is to try to establish the reason for the design and working of the henge, If we could establish this, then surely we would be able to fully understand its origonal design .
If you know how something is supposed to work, even if you dont have the origonal blueprint, it is easy enough to reconstruct.
The beauty of these forums is the different thinking and diverse methods of arriving at an answer, I feel all on here want the best for this monument.
K.

Littlestone Feb 6, 2006 22:29:35

Replying to Littlestone

William Camden's illustration of Stonehenge as it appears in the 1610 edition of Britain, or, A chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the ilands adioyning, out of the depth of antiqvitie: beavtified with mappes of the severall shires of England/written first in Latine by William Camden; translated newly into English by Philémon Holland... :-) refers to -

Stones called Corsestones, Weighing 12 tunne, carrying in height 24. foote; in bredth, 7-foote; in compasse, 16.

What's a 'Corsestone'? Anyone any idea of the etymology here?