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Stonehenge and its Environs

The bluestone debate

Steve Gray S
Steve Gray Jun 20, 2006 08:06:43
Replying to nigelswift

We tend to assume that the bluestones were transported in a single epic journey. What if the people from Wales migrated over a long period of time and ended up in Wiltshire? The stones may have been been moved and re-erected many times, perhaps only a few miles each time.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jun 20, 2006 10:15:55
Replying to Steve Gray

Yes, I agree that the stones may have been brought (or taken) from Wales over a long period of time (longer perhaps if they were brought than if they were taken).

I think the important point that you put your finger on is that it's dangerous to assume that the ancients (apologies if that word grates with anyone but it's a convenient one) functioned within the same sort of timeframes that we in the West (and I emphasize the West) function in today.

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