news.bbc.co.uk — A geology team has contradicted claims that bluestones were dug by Bronze Age man from a west Wales quarry and carried 240 miles to build Stonehenge. In a new twist, Open University geologists say the stones were in fact moved to Salisbury Plain by glaciers.
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pjh3000Jun 15, 2006
What ever you do, don't pour blood on the stones or they'll come to life and kill you and Mary Tamm!
eochaidriataJun 15, 2006
It is a shame that the Stonhege we see today is just a reconstructed replica of what they think it actually looked like.This was a semi-scandal in the news around 2001.Here is what Stonehenge looked like in 1835, before being reconstructed in the 1920's: <a class="user" href="http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Stonehenge-1835-Posters_i1350875_.htm">http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Stonehenge-1835-Posters_i1350875_.htm</a>
ihate2registJun 16, 2006
there is something on the history channel right now
Closed AccountJun 16, 2006
Damn you spaghetti apostates!! He was made of the purest rotini, I tell you. Oh, how you blaspheme is noodley goodness. By the meatballed one, you shall pay!!!
richardiscoolJun 16, 2006
Er... apologies about this, it's just not everyday Wales gets a mention on Digg...Woo! WALES! WALES! WALES!
juntoJun 16, 2006
Interesting theory, but just another to add to the already growing list. Whether they were quarried from the Preselli site or deposited as glacial moraine, they still were logically shaped and placed by man in the formation that we find them. Sad to find out that the current formation is not quite as legitimate as to what we thought it would be though. I didn't know about the 1901 "rebuild", and the Constable painting is really interesting. Not often you see articles that mention Wales, so it gets my thumbs up. P.S. Wales isn't in England before anyone starts. If I had a pound for every time I've heard the question "so what part of England is Wales in?", I'd be a rich Welshman! :-)
basselopeJun 16, 2006
Rats!! I wish I could find or remember the name of another monolith in Britain. It's been awhile, but I remember it as being well over 20 meters high in it's original single stone form. It's now broken, but the 2 or 3 pieces still remain at the site with the remaining upright bit still standing 7 meters or so.