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AR Jun 19, 2004 12:09:44

Hello, my name is Anna Rodgers and I am currently beginning my third year degree dissertation in archaeology at Manchester University. My topic is that of Arbor Low... why it was built and what it was used for, also whether all monuments such as Arbor Low had the same function. I am intending to collect as many different opinions on this subject as possible, how ever weird and wonderful and try and draw them all together into my piece of work. I am intersted in archaeologists' views, religious views eg New Age people, historians views, visitors views and generally anyone who knows what the site is and has thought about it. I would love anyone who is interested in helping me by sharing their views with me to reply to this message or e-mail me at [email protected]. I will consider all views and try and reply to e-mails. Thank You. Anna.

pixie46 Jun 20, 2004 19:19:55

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just wanted to say hello to you,
for no reason other than no-one else has and to keep your post up so that any interested and knowledgable peeps will get to see your request, before it drops off the bottom
(hope that is ok with folks)
pixie
xx
p.s a better subject title may well have been arbor low? or help please? i must admit i didnt look at your post for quite awhile coz of no relevent subject matter - no offense intended at all, just an idea.
good luck with your studies, sounds great!

Grendel Jun 20, 2004 21:15:56

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Anna,

Unfortunately I have no wacky theories and subscribe to the archaeologists' view that henges are trading centres. Arbor Low and The Bullring in Dove Holes are both located next to very old routes which add some weight to this.

How that fits into the three (very threatened) Thornborough Henges I don't know but then you do get supermarkets in close proximity to one another and you know what they say - the present is the key to the past.

Cheers

Grendel
(Paul)

Ike Jun 21, 2004 20:09:49

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Do your dissertation ;-)

Ike Jun 21, 2004 20:10:05

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Do your own dissertation ;-)

Forrester Mar 31, 2005 14:36:43

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The farmer used to come and speak to us when we gathered for the solstice some years ago. He said that on the summits of all the surrounding hills, a King was buried, and that the circle was at the centre, so to speak, of all these. It's pretty high country up there, and i guess the people have always seen themselves as differentiated from those below? Although there'e no exact lay line, as such, a line drawn north from Stonehenge/Avebury, to the Rollright Stones, and then up to Arbor Low, doesn't deviate all that much from a straight line, and i conjecture that these sites were multi purpose, incorporating elements of religion, science, time/space orientation, agriculture, entertainment, and trade.