Tim Daw

Scientific Fact-Check: Could the white tufa patches on Newall’s Boulder be the “fingerprints” of Stonehenge’s Neolithic builders? I asked Grok for a rigorous fact-check of the blog post at https://www.sarsen.org/2024/06/are-these-fingerprints-of-builders-of.html , with ...

The long shot chance that the Builder's of Stonehenge DNA could be sampled. www.sarsen.org/2026/02/scie...

Correcting Brian John's Silly Mistake Last year Brian John published a paper in Archaeology in Wales Vol 63 arguing that “ Carn Goedog on Mynydd Preseli Was Not the Site of a Bl...

Correcting a "silly" mistake in the Stonehenge Glacial Transport theory - www.sarsen.org/2026/02/corr...

The lost report that suggests Briton did not steal Easter Island’s ‘soul’ A leading archaeologist has unearthed an 1869 document that claims the island’s inhabitants willingly helped sailors excavate the Hoa Hakananai’a statue

Mike Pitts @pittsmike.bsky.social Easter Island discovery makes @thetimes.com , fascinating.

www.thetimes.com/article/3536...

I'm pleased to be a co-author of an article in the Quaternary Newsletter about an erratic in Devon, pivotal evidence of LGM Irish Sea ice extent.
doi.org/10.64926/qn....

Unveiling the Persistent Hunter-Gatherer Legacy in Europe's Rhine-Meuse Delta A groundbreaking study published in Nature on 11 February 2026 has shed new light on the genetic history of prehistoric Europe, particularl...

I've linked to the free to access data. www.sarsen.org/2026/02/unve...

Unveiling the Persistent Hunter-Gatherer Legacy in Europe's Rhine-Meuse Delta A groundbreaking study published in Nature on 11 February 2026 has shed new light on the genetic history of prehistoric Europe, particularl...

Annoyed by headlines such as: "The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed" without links to the actual study? I've linked to the free to access data. www.sarsen.org/2026/02/unve...

A Speculative Hypothesis: Neolithic Cattle Traction in the Transport of Bluestones to Stonehenge – Insights from Isotopic Analysis and Veterinary Parallels Abstract Recent isotopic analysis of a Neolithic cow tooth excavated from Stonehenge's ditch, dated to approximately 3350–2920 BC, reveals ...

More thoughts on the possibility of Stonehenge Bluestone haulage by oxen - www.sarsen.org/2026/02/a-sp...

Someone put a rock in the way of the sunset

A February afternoon on Salisbury Plain

Was the Wansdyke a Canal? Click to enlarge https://explore.osmaps.com/route/30489348/wansdyke?lat=51.39462&lon=-1.89988&zoom=12.2788&style=Leisure&type=2d Short ans...

Was the Wansdyke a Neolithic Canal? - I give a short and a long answer: www.sarsen.org/2026/02/was-...

William Stukeley's 1730 Bible William Stukeley's 1730 Bible  sold for £6500 today, a bit too rich for me; "William Stukeley's annotated 1683 edition of the Holy Bible, in...

Stukeley's 1730 Bible sold today at auction - lots of marginalia, written as he developed his dating theories of Stonehenge, a foundational document in the development of prehistoric studies in Britain. www.sarsen.org/2026/01/will...

Atkinson Looking At The Underside Of Stone 55B With Cable, Also Showing The Altar Stone (P50371) Archive Item - Atkinson, R J Collection | Historic England ATKINSON LOOKING AT THE UNDERSIDE OF STONE 55B WITH CABLE, ALSO SHOWING THE ALTAR STONE

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The shareable Historic England photograph of Richard Atkinson under Stone 55b needs rotating so I created a freely shareable drawing as it should be.
Not a recommended archaeological technique.

Drawings of the Altar Stone Engraved Lines In October 2024 I discovered photos of enigmatic engravings on the Stonehenge Altar Stone in the English Heritage archive - I have just cre...

www.sarsen.org/2026/01/draw...

In October 2024 I discovered photos of enigmatic engravings on the Stonehenge Altar Stone in the English Heritage archive - I have just created three drawings of them which are free to use with acknowledgment. Link in comments.

Absence of Evidence Can Be Evidence of Absence The phrase "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" has long served as a caution against premature conclusions from inadequate sea...

In archaeology the phrase "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" is often used to excuse fence-sitting. In a Bayesian framework, absence of evidence is evidence of absence to the precise degree that evidence would have been expected had the claim been true. www.sarsen.org/2026/01/abse...

I didn’t expect to be posting about Stonehenge now but a new paper with yet more against the case for Salisbury Plain glaciers has been published. It prompted me to look at a discussion about sarsen last year which I missed. So here’s a thread about Stonehenge megalith sources /1

Marginalia in a @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social book:
"Learn still and let thy mind be fed
For without learning life itself is dead"
There seems to a couple of more lines in pencil and the date 1567 - intriguing and still true.

Stonehenge bluestones, it was humans not ice that brought them. A new geological analysis.

www.sarsen.org/2026/01/grai...

The Stonehenge Diet – America’s Prescription for Healthy Living The Stonehenge Diet In January 2026, the United States took a dramatic step in public health policy. The new Dietary Guidelines for Americ...

The Stonehenge Diet - America catches up with the Neolithic www.sarsen.org/2026/01/the-...

It is interesting to see the calculated power output from the Council's planned Wind Turbine at High Post Salt Depot based on the nearby Boscombe Down weather records for today. Couldn't even warm up a Pot Noodle on such a cold day. Wind Turbines don't work as a power source on cold days.

The non-symbolic symbol on the Long Barrow door this morning, the passageway is aligned to midwinter sunrise.

Cattle standing around lowing when the Angel of the Lord came down may not be strictly historically or theologically accurate, but I like the photo. Happy Christmas.

My own photo (2012) and Bill Brandt's (1947)

Stonehenge Just got a LOT weirder....

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Winter Solstice Sunset at Stonehenge

To be fair it will also be visible from the ridge between Tan Hill and Milk Hill on the Marlborough Downs (Salisbury Cathedral Spire can also be seen), it will be noticeable especially with rotating blades and an aircraft warning light but I would concede that from that distance not too bad.

Yep , the turbine is on a very sticky wicket, time for you to draw stumps and concede. Get back to the fire and enjoy Christmas, all the best to you and yours.

Yes, its about balance between harm and benefit. The renewable energy benefit can be delivered from anywhere if there is no site specific reason for it situation, as in this case. So that benefit has no weight in placing the turbine here.

The expert opinion: