New Views over Megalithia

[Mick Harper]

I failed O-level Geomaths.

[Boreades]

I failed O-level Geomaths.

You need an app for your phone then.
Here's one they prepared earlier:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... omathslite

[Boreades]

Was Stonehenge surrounded by water?

It seems like Avebury and Glastonbury were. And quite likely that Durrington Walls was (at least partially). But has there been any comment on the same for Stonehenge, despite the layers of clay found during excavations of the ditches?

Thanks to the discoveries of Col. William Hawley during his excavations of the 1920s in combination with other known conditions at Stonehenge, it can be said with some measure of certainty that the surrounding ditch of Stonehenge was originally a moat, filled with water that flowed from an inlet at the northwest to an outlet at the east, and which, except for the causeway at the northeast, encompassed the entire site of Stonehenge I.
http://mons-graupius.co.uk/index.php/ar ... onehenge-i

Based on the same simple techniques still used to create Dew Ponds on chalk lands.

Col. William Hawley refers often to a ‘ubiquitous layer’ of ‘foot trampled clayey mud’ with ‘much struck flint’ mixed in and ‘purposely applied’. It is known as the “flint layer”. There is no doubt that the bottom of the moat was deliberately lined with the artificial, concrete-like material (compo) and that it provided a seal to the bottom of the moat against water seepage, whether or not that was the reason for it. Whatever the intended purpose of the flint layer, it may not be argued that permeability of the underlying rock precludes the possibility of a moat.

The matter of “compo”, “flint”, “reservoirs”, and “sealant” is not without modern parallel. Here is a link to Arthur Becket’s http://www.dewponds.info/biblio_spirit_of_the_downs.htm, about dewponds that bear remarkable similarities to the Stonehenge moat. It seems that many “dewponds” exist on the chalk plains of southern England. These are artificially made ponds most of which are situated at the tops of hills and have no streams or springs feeding into them, yet they manage to stay filled with water, even after ponds at lower elevations go dry. The dewponds run dry only when their sealants fail or during most severe droughts.

[Boreades]

Hell Lane and Holloways

Or, how to create your own rivers.



1) Start driving cattle down through soft hillsides

2) Keep doing it for a few hundred years to wear away the ground

3) Let nature take its course and watch the rain as it creates a new watercourse

Holloways and Sunken Paths, the Mysterious Ancient Highways

https://thedorsetrambler.com/2015/02/20 ... -highways/

[Boreades]

Mixed feelings about this.

A controversial plan for a road tunnel past Stonehenge has been finalised by the government. Campaigners claim the 1.8-mile (2.9 km) dual-carriageway tunnel will cause "irreparable damage" to the landscape. However, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the plan will "transform" the road, "cutting congestion and improving journey times". A public consultation to get the views of drivers and residents will run until 5 March.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-38589118

1) A303 in that area in summertime is hell on wheels.
2) This might make the Newbury Bypass protests look like a WI meeting
3) The astro-archaeological significance (Winter Solstice alignment) may truly be a thing of the past

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next ... -published

[TisILeclerc]

Call it a Holloway or a Hellway and plant trees in it. You could start with bamboo that grows quickly. And yes I know it's not a tree. Although it may attract Fiat Pandas.

[Boreades]

Another Ridgeway with stone circles and drovers.
Some might object, it's almost in Wales. Or it used to be.

Kerry Ridgway

The 15 miles of the Kerry Ridgeway stretches from Kerry, Powys, to the market town of Bishop’s Castle, over the border in Shropshire. It has a long tradition as a drovers’ route from farms in Wales to the livestock markets in England. Which ever way you choose to travel along this ridge top route there’ll be stunning views – with the mountains and valleys of mid Wales on one side and the Shropshire Hills on the other – as the track never dips below 1000 feet above sea level.
https://www.visitengland.com/experience ... vers-route

or
http://www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk/en ... s/walking/

It goes right past the Kerry Hill Stone Circle

A suspiciously well preserved centre-stone circle (which are common around these parts - see also The Hoarstones and Mitchell’s Fold) located on the slopes of kerry Hill overlooking mid-Wales to the west.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1008

Is it another Welsh fake?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52. ... 61/-3.2413

[Boreades]

Ancient postal service?

Or, new stamps for old?

The Special Stamps feature iconic sites such as Skara Brae and Avebury and exceptional artefacts including the Battersea shield and the Star Carr headdress. The stamps are all enhanced with illustrations that reveal how our ancient forebears lived and worked.

In addition to the Mint Stamps and Stamp Souvenir, the issue features an informative Presentation Pack - ideal gifts for anyone with an interest in prehistory.

http://www.royalmail.com/ancientbritain ... NT_BRITAIN

[Mick Harper]

The Kerry Ridway .... is it another Welsh fake?

Unlikely as it is an uneroded animal route as per The Megalithic Empire. If you explore the point where it intersects Offa's Dyke, all will be revealed.

[Boreades]

No, not the Kerry Ridgeway, the Kerry Hill stone circle.

A suspiciously well preserved centre-stone circle (which are common around these parts - see also The Hoarstones and Mitchell’s Fold) located on the slopes of kerry Hill overlooking mid-Wales to the west.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1008