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You’d think by now some of these (elementary?) issues would have been sorted. How difficult is it, after all, to determine which stones were where when - well, perhaps not when but certainly where...

Littlestone wrote:
You’d think by now some of these (elementary?) issues would have been sorted. How difficult is it, after all, to determine which stones were where when - well, perhaps not when but certainly where...
There has always been the problem , from Hawley onwards , whether the Aubrey holes held posts or stones or nothing .MPP believes they held bluestones as did Hawley who later changed his mind ,the problem is that these beliefs can become reified , maybe in 50 years it will just be accepted with question and little proof . The evidence is some of the sides of the A holes show crushing consistent with a stone removal or maybe a timber post , how can you tell without some actual reamins to guide you ? It's not that long ago that it was realised that a group of pits what were believed to be post holes at Woodhenge had actually held sarsens . It's the same at Bluestonehenge , did the pits hold timbers or bluestones or some other type of stone ? there is nothing to go on except the size of the pits . The excavated areas at Stonehenge are a mess and must be a nightmare to interpret simply because of the huge amount of activity throughout prehistory and historically , a Swiss Cheese as somebody described it , others suggest bomb site. Contemporary archaeos blame earlier ones but want still want to dig their holes which will probably be viewed as vandalism in the future . It keeps us entertained though .

The professionals aren't about facts anymore [if they ever were!!!], it's all about making a name for yourself and saying things that'll get you in the press, Darvell is clearly saying stuff that's against the grain to make a name for himself not give us facts. Like Tiompan say's it's bollocks to say the sarsens were there before the bluestones if the bluestones stood somewhere else first anyway, you have to know where the stones actually stood to give any sequence at all. I bet we know more than those so called experts, they just dig and dig til there's nothing left, the middle of Stonehenge shows this as well as anywhere, it's been dug that badly that there's nothing left for the future - And a time when people would be able to tell everyone everything about the site, but no, philistines have wrecked the place for there own shitty means and to make names for themselves, [Hawley, Atkinson and Piggott were the same as well], it would be great to end this moan by saying they should leave it to the future but like i said there's not much that between them they haven't already wrecked.