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GordonP Jun 30, 2009 20:32:46
Replying to megadread

[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

T tonyh
tonyh Jun 30, 2009 20:51:50
Replying to GordonP

I personally believe it possible that Neolithic Man could have moved the Stones by their endeavour..

Wherever they found then, there would still be the need to transport them to their final resting place..

I'm inclined to believe Your method is likely to be a real contender.. Not as fast as some others, but it could have overcome most if not all obstacles..

Tony

P Pete G
Pete G Jun 30, 2009 21:32:24
Replying to GordonP

with a title like stonetheanswer your likely to get lumped in with the waituntill2012 brigade by people around here...

M megadread
megadread Jun 30, 2009 23:16:51
Replying to GordonP

GordonP wrote:
[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

Don't get me wrong, i'd love proof that our ancestors acheived such feats but sadly there is none.
I'm sticking with Burl till there's some credible evidence.

G goffik
goffik Jul 1, 2009 10:06:21
Replying to GordonP

GordonP wrote:
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

Plug away! Everyone else does! ;)

Looking forward to reading the book, Gordon! I know you've put a lot of hard work into your research so I'm glad it's all come to fruition. It'll make a nice change to hear from someone who's actually got their hands dirty, so to speak, and got off their arse to try their theories out!

I seem to remember, incidentally, that there was a map drawn up by someone with the suggested routes the bluestones *may* have been transported. I have it on my hard drive somewhere, I think. Very interesting.

G x

T tonyh
tonyh Jul 23, 2009 15:16:06
Replying to GordonP

Don't concern yourself about the plug Gordon..

That's a real 'cracker' of a boat and shows a real sophistication..

These People had a sophistication far greater than they have been given credit for..

Tony