nigelswift wrote:
and a snigger at the glacial deposit theory from some archaeos....
Its Brian Jones (not an archaeologist) in Pembrokeshire that has held fast to the glacial deposit theory over many years, and it seems that Geoffrey Wainwright (an archaeologist) holds the belief that the bluestones were transported.
Can someone tell me if the glacial deposit theory is generally sniggered at by mainstream archaeology or is it given equal credence with the bluestone transport theory? I've read lots on both sides and they both seem to have good points.... although.... might the magic name Burl ensure a duff theory is given more latitude than might otherwise be the case ????
Now if you say that Burl and Wainwright have formed a 'romantic' view of the megaliths, and that Burl writes damn good books on the subject, perhaps their vision is coloured in different ways, after all Wainwright can't prove that the broken bluestone discarded on the side of Carn Meini? was on its way to Stonehenge, but neither can Burl prove the glaciation theory. Jones is relying on the evidence of a geologist way back in time.