Comparative Analysis of the "Brian John Boulder" at Craig Rhos-y-felin and the "Newall Boulder" from Stonehenge: Implications for the Origins and Transport of the Bluestones
- a paper - DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28445.01769
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Worked at Stonehenge, built a Long Barrow. Peasant farmer in Wiltshire.
Comparative Analysis of the "Brian John Boulder" at Craig Rhos-y-felin and the "Newall Boulder" from Stonehenge: Implications for the Origins and Transport of the Bluestones
- a paper - DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28445.01769
Wessex archaeology has numerous Cunningtons in its history - I have tried to unravel the family tree - www.sarsen.org/2025/08/the-...
02.08.2025 07:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pobl nid rhewlifau a gludodd gerrig gleision o Gymru i GΓ΄r y Cewri β ymchwil newydd - Stonehenge bluestone research, the Welsh PR www.sarsen.org/2025/07/pobl...
29.07.2025 09:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Blusky asked me to verify my age, presumably I'm missing out on the open sewer of pornofilth. It wouldn't recognise my credit card and doubted my face was real, no one could look that weathered surely? So no age verification for me. So I will miss out on your grown up conversation, and pictures of b
25.07.2025 15:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not from Hancock, that's my editorialising with reasons given. I could have phrased it better but it's been a busy day and I rushed it.
23.07.2025 20:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Stonehenge - not just Bluestones, new controversy about the Sarsen Stones origins today as well - www.sarsen.org/2025/07/the-...
23.07.2025 19:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Stonehengeβs Bluestones Were Not Transported by Glaciers to the Salisbury Plain: www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/07/s...
18.07.2025 13:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This unsuspecting chunk of rock collected at Stonehenge in 1924 is the centre of a controversy. Or maybe not. More: 1/ π§΅
15.07.2025 18:11 β π 29 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0Stonehenge alert! Very nerdy, long & really shouldnβt have been needed, but with misinformation in peer-reviewed articles, Richard Bevins & colleagues (including me) felt the record had to be put straight. Why Stonehenge megaliths are NOT erratics
Open access:
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Which paper, there are several, the latest was only published later yesterday evening.
15.07.2025 05:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The Stonehenge Glacial transport theory isn't just pining for the fjordsβitβs kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, and joined the choir invisible! www.sarsen.org/2025/07/the-...
15.07.2025 05:09 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 3 π 1The enigmatic βNewall boulderβ excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: New data and analysis, refuting any glacial transport. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
14.07.2025 19:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Golfhenge (and its little hengiform neighbour just to the top right of the trees) in on the old golf driving range at Larkhill in 2018 and afterwards. Pictures from Google Earth .
08.07.2025 07:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tim Darvill highlighted a triangulation of the outer sarsen ring where each of the nodes were placed where the stone settings are anomalous.
30.06.2025 06:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Kings or cows? Who enabled neolithic monument building?
www.sarsen.org/2025/06/catt...
A tooth's tale from Stonehenge about bluestone hauling.
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A great example of how the name The Great Trilithon was not the central one, confusingly the name is often now used for it.
23.06.2025 04:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A new paper by Evans and al raises intriguing new possibilities of neolithic cattle management and migration. www.sarsen.org/2025/06/neol...
22.06.2025 10:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pleased to see Phil Andrews of Wessex Archaeology honoured with a BEM in the King's Birthday Honours today
14.06.2025 08:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have copied my response to Wiltshire Council's WHS Setting Survey online, and I don't mention stones once. www.sarsen.org/2025/06/a-re...
10.06.2025 20:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A Review of the Stonehenge Cremated Remains and Their Provenancing www.researchgate.net/publication/...
30.05.2025 12:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0From Stones to Bones: Isotopic Analysis Confirms Neolithic Mobility at Stonehenge - www.sarsen.org/2025/05/from...
28.05.2025 08:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My review of historic Stonehenge sarsen stone provenancing studies and a conclusion of where the research is in May 2025 is available on @ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
26.05.2025 08:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0An analysis of the latest research on the provenancing of the Stonehenge sarsens www.sarsen.org/2025/05/ston...
25.05.2025 14:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm disappointed, I imagined it was a meet to discuss how to recreate the heady 1980 days of speeding all the way round the M25. Just under 52 minutes I believe was the record.
23.05.2025 12:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The responses of various bodies to the problems of the byways close to Stonehenge: www.sarsen.org/2025/05/ston...
23.05.2025 12:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0www.sarsen.org/2025/05/the-... The new EH licence to operate and how it has changed.
23.05.2025 08:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Effect of turnout rugs on the behaviour of horses under mild autumn conditions in the United Kingdom - Daw et al.
I'm very proud of my son.
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Wiltshire council is doing up the byways, as to what chippings are in the planings I don't know, but dolerite is the usual stone, so unless shown otherwise it is the default assumption. I'm just raising questions.
17.05.2025 15:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Tonnes of Dolerite spotted near Stonehenge! And why it may be a problem. www.sarsen.org/2025/05/dole...
17.05.2025 14:15 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1