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I can't go with the transportation theory at all, it just seems an impossible and implausible feat, the tides, currents etc.
Look how the experiment to transport just a single stone failed so miserably.
I could be open minded to a combination of glaciation and human transportation with the bluestones being dumped in england then dragged to stonehenge but transportation alone, nah, i'm with Burl.

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba45/ba45int.html

Personaly, I find the debate limiting..

We know where the stones originated from and where they ended up but We have know idea where else they may have been..

Why should We believe that the route was directly from Wales to Salisbury Plain..

They may very well have been recycled from another site both near the Plain or far away..

Tony

[quote="megadread"]I can't go with the transportation theory at all, it just seems an impossible and implausible feat, the tides, currents etc.
Look how the experiment to transport just a single stone failed so miserably.
I could be open minded to a combination of glaciation and human transportation with the bluestones being dumped in england then
dragged to stonehenge but transportation alone, nah, i'm with Burl.

Hi All

Human transport overland and by boat is very easy if you know what you are doing overland and have a seaworthy boat for the rest of the journey.

See link below.

http://www.ferribyboats.co.uk/

These boats date to around the time of the building of the final phase of Stonehenge. I've been to Humberside to view the half size relica and believe me this is one sophisticated boat. As an exboatbuilder (traditional wooden hulls) in MHO these boats have a long history of development probably over thousands of years.

I devote a chapter to the Bluestones in my forthcoming book Building Stonehenge available from my website www.stonehengetheanswer.com in the next couple of weeks and on sale generally September the 1st.

Please excuse plug

GordonP