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Annexus Quam wrote:
"It is not MPP , there is no digging , as yet , solely magnetometry and GPR"
So the pit may be right there.
It is somewhat obscene then that they are jumping to conclusions in order to pump up the hype. But perhaps if they don't, they won't get the dosh from the people in charge.
The state of UK archaeology is still enviable as seen from other countries (forgiving the tabloid-like headlines)!
Regards,
AQ
I don't have a problem with the site of the pit , it's just not what they say it is astronomically .Having said that there were some odd comments like the pit being on the pathway of the Cursus then it turns out to be 150 metres to the south of the southern ditch of the Cursus .

Gosh! Surely they know about this.
Odd comments solely from the media then...?!

tiompan wrote:
I don't have a problem with the site of the pit , it's just not what they say it is astronomically .Having said that there were some odd comments like the pit being on the pathway of the Cursus then it turns out to be 150 metres to the south of the southern ditch of the Cursus .
I find it unbelievable that the professors, doctors and lecturers in archaeology involved with this project could have made such a simple mistake.

Professor Vince Gaffney, when talking about the pits, said that they investigated the cursus and found "two very large pits, one in the east end and one in the west end of the cursus." He reiterates "these pits were inside the cursus." Furthermore, if you stand at the Heelstone on Midsummers Day, then the sun rises over the eastern pit and sets over the western pit.

I am wondering, have you taken your information from the aerial view accompanying your news link? The "New Discovery" on that image must be the "new mini-henge" which this team claimed to have discovered some time ago.

Here's Vince Gaffney's podcast:

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Audio/news/Vince-Gaffney-podflash.mp3