New Views over Megalithia

[Boreades]

These new stones are clearly in an arc, which might spoil any notions of an English Carnac.

Based on no evidence at all, I'll hypothesis that after the "Irish" megalithics had finished Newgrange they came over here to start a Wiltshire version.

Newgrange was constructed over 5,000 years ago (about 3,200 B.C.) during the Neolithic period, which makes it older than Stonehenge and Great Pyramids of Giza.

http://www.newgrange.com/

They got as far as the arc of stones we've just found. And then stopped, or abandoned the project.

Why?

The modern Ordnance Survey maps are actually a hindrance to any understanding, as they have too much modern detail and have lost a lot of the subtleties of older versions.

Fortunately there is a very good archive of historic OS maps here:
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/

Choose (for example) the 1:25,000 series and zoom in on Amesbury. Next to the Abbey it just says "Camp" - that's "Vespasian's Camp". Of course it's called a hillfort even though (as usual) there's bugger all evidence of it being a fort. But as a dock or port on the river it makes a lot more sense, especially with its proximity to The Avenue that curves up to Stonehenge.

[TisILeclerc]

MegAlpines Fusiliers eh?

[Boreades]

Some are saying it was meant to be a port or a dock. Maybe so, or maybe the sea levels had started to fall, and it became obsolete.

[Boreades]

Have we mentioned the Medway Megaliths before? They are two clusters of sites either side of the River Medway in Kent.

On the East of the river:

Kit’s Coty House (TQ745609) is on the Pilgrim’s Way (keyword alert) - three upright stones with a horizontal capstone c.10ft high



Little Kits Coty House, or The Countless Stones (TQ 744604)



There are more, like The Coffin Stone (TQ740606) and White Horse Stone (TQ753603)

On the west of the river,
Addington Long Barrow (TQ653591)
The Chestnuts (TQ653592)
Coldrum (TQ654607)

Google Map of them:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll ... l3pXC9A6Fc

Being the TMS's resident MBO (Master of the Bleeding Obvious), I'll just point out that these are clustered on the latitude 51° 19′, which is the same as Marden Henge, midway between Avebury and Stonehenge latitudes (51° 26′ and 51° 11′)

[hvered]

The Medway megaliths feature in TME as 'toll-points' along the east-west Pilgrims' Way that crosses the country from Thanet to the Bristol Channel. We contend that the dolmens are part of the Megalithic 'pay as you go' system.

[Boreades]

Good, but what about the latitude?

[hvered]

The line of the Pilgrims' Way/ North Downs Way is on more or less the latitude linking Goseck and Lundy, via Thanet (51° 11′). I think we've already referred to this connection but can't remember where. No doubt Jon can tell us if it is significant or not.

[Boreades]

Here's a curiosity to titillate the TME team.

I'm told that Sueno is the Spanish for "dream" - Hatty to confirm?

By coincidence, one of the biggest megaliths in Scotland is called Sueno's Stone.

Sueno's Stone stands over 6.5 metres (about 21 feet) high and is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres, Scotland. It is the largest surviving Pictish stone of its type in Scotland. It is situated on a raised bank on a now isolated section of the former road to Findhorn.

The Ortho-types don't seem to know why it's called Sueno's Stone. Does the TME team have a clue?

Mick to comment on the Findhorn connection?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sueno's_Stone

[Mick Harper]

Our old friend Tan Hill gets an interesting write-up on the Portal http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=33815#56229 featuring a stone circle and a white horse. The map just about shows Milk Hill next door at the same 294 height as Tan Hill, which was the cause of our own interest in TME.

[Mick Harper]

This was posted on the Portal. I've underlined what may be of most interest.

On the same day as the RCAHMW open day Robin Heath gave a talk at Castell Henllys Iron age camp.
A packed room heard Robins take on the various alignments that can be found both locally to Pembroke and also all over Britain and France. A lot of what he said is already contained in his books, but there was some new stuff concerning local churches and Norman towns in Wales and south west England, reaching into France again. All in all a very good well received talk, much appreciated by the audience and staff of Castell Henllys.

Robin has a new book coming out soon which will concentrate on this new material.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php ... =1&start=0