What are megaliths made of?

[Boreades]

For those with an interest in Ley Lines and all that, an event in the centre of the Megalithic Universe (Wiltshire)

Fri, 5th July 2013, 19:30 – 21:30 at Poulshot Village Hall, The Green, Poulshot, SN10 1SD (near Devizes)

Kennet BeeKeeper Association is hosting a talk: "Bees, ley lines & where bees are kept" - by Roger Patterson (British BeeKeepers Association Committee & Trustee)

Description:
Do bees dowse? Have you ever wondered where to best site your hives? Are ley lines just a load of hocus pocus or might they be something to consider? Interestingly, ley lines were discovered in modern times in 1921 by Alfred Watkins, who was a founder member of Herefordshire BKA!!! He was also a keen photographer and invented and patented a light exposure meter called the "Watkins Bee Meter" on account of its small size. Roger Patterson will take a look at different apiaries mainly at home and a few abroad. He will share his thoughts on siting hives and comment on some of the issues raised.

Contact christine.compston@gmail.com

[Marko]

[Boreades]

I stand corrected - the birds that fly the longest migration routes are clearly not following straight lines. It seems much more likely that they are following the prevailing winds.

[hvered]

The MoD no less have been sold dud bomb/explosives detectors described as "glorified dowsing rods that have no basis in reality" http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/07/bolton- ... detectors/

The surprising revelation that the scam went on for a decade must be down to a very human tendency to believe what experts say. The 'proof' is that even though it's claimed, probably correctly, that lives were lost as a result of the scam, the MoD went on believing in the efficacy of the dud devices.

[Boreades]

I wonder what the migration routes look like when the continents are condensed down to Pangea-sized?

[Boreades]

Or this, so we can include the curlew and shearwaters in Australasia

[hvered]

Pangea is a hypothetical continent, there's no evidence for it having ever existed. What is known to have existed, and which would directly affect birds (indeed all animals, including humans) are magnetic reversals.

There are so many contradictions and disagreements on magnetic pole reversals, it's hard to make head 'n' tail of the subject. Dowsers may have a better handle on it.

[Boreades]

Magnetic pole reversals gets a mention in an article I stumbled past a few days ago while hunting calendars. Something along the lines of "Worlds In Collision", but fingering c.800BC as the era when all hell broke loose (sic) and we lost 360 day years, only to get a period of chaos from which our calendars have never fully recovered.

[Mick Harper]

Some new and interesting stuff on whether the Stonehenge sarsens are from Preselli (by hand of man) can be found on the Portal here http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=28658 Our old sparring partner Brian John is involved so don't expect strict impartiality. You'll find the best account towards the bottom by another old sparring partner of ours, Andy B.

[hvered]