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VBB Jan 24, 2012 09:23:50
Replying to Resonox

Resonox wrote:
tjj wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01b9bq5/Country_Tracks_Wiltshire/

A friend emailed me to say Countrytracks on Sunday morning was set exclusively in Wiltshire. The first item has the presenter Helen Skelton climbing Silbury with Jim Leary (special permission granted).

Next, Tom Fort visits Stonehenge, much about the A303 plus a some black and white footage of the re-erection of stones in the 1950s - 23 stones were re-erected. I for one didn't realise it was that many. Tom Fort makes the point that this would probably not be acceptable today.

Filmed last summer so this may be a repeat. If it is, certainly worth seeing again.

Did it say that these 23 were re-erected in the 50s alone or is this the total since recorded rennovation started?
It is rather more... but unless discussed in comparative terms, such as Stonehenge as a 100 piece jigsaw and so many pieces and such and such % has changed, the number of stones altered can mean little other than an initial shock (and perhaps disappointment). When only one stone was restored in 1901, that single stone changed the silhouette/outline of Stonehenge into something it had never ever been at any point in history or prehistory.

Just as important is that those that control the story as told at the site and through such as official publications and postcards left these major chapters out. As a result the visiting paying £ public were not aware of it. Hence it is good that such as the BBC now feature the changes as part of the story.

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VBB Jan 24, 2012 09:25:22
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VBB wrote:
Resonox wrote:
tjj wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01b9bq5/Country_Tracks_Wiltshire/

A friend emailed me to say Countrytracks on Sunday morning was set exclusively in Wiltshire. The first item has the presenter Helen Skelton climbing Silbury with Jim Leary (special permission granted).

Next, Tom Fort visits Stonehenge, much about the A303 plus a some black and white footage of the re-erection of stones in the 1950s - 23 stones were re-erected. I for one didn't realise it was that many. Tom Fort makes the point that this would probably not be acceptable today.

Filmed last summer so this may be a repeat. If it is, certainly worth seeing again.

Did it say that these 23 were re-erected in the 50s alone or is this the total since recorded rennovation started?
It is rather more... but unless discussed in comparative terms, such as Stonehenge as a 100 piece jigsaw and so many pieces and such and such % has changed, the number of stones altered can mean little other than an initial shock (and perhaps disappointment). When only one stone was restored in 1901, that single stone changed the silhouette/outline of Stonehenge into something it had never ever been at any point in history or prehistory.

Just as important is that those that control the story as told at the site and through such as official publications and postcards left these major chapters out. As a result the visiting paying £ public were not aware of it. Hence it is good that such as the BBC now feature the changes as part of the story.

Oops, meant to say thanks for the link June, I hadn't seen it!

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