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Once a 'majestic roundhouse' - architect Sarah Ewbank believes she's solved Stonehenge's...
Salisbury Journal ^
Posted on 01/30/2016 10:32:53 AM PST by BenLurkin
Sarah Ewbank spent the last year researching the ancient monument and applying her architectural background to the site to determine what its purpose and form once might have been.
She has concluded, based on the layout of the stones, that they were used as support structures for a massive wooden frame that featured a second story for the site as well as an enormous round roof.
Ewbank argues that a roof at the monument would allow for it to have been used throughout the year which, she believes, makes more sense that it simply being a religious site used on special occasions.
"Why would you move 75 large stones just so you could dance around twice a year? If you put a roof on it you can use it all year," she told the Salisbury Journal.
(Excerpt) Read more at salisburyjournal.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: archaeoastronomy; architecture; godsgravesglyphs; inigojones; megaliths; sarahewbank; stonehenge
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To: IronJack
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BenLurkin
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: volunbeer
My mother-in-law, who rarely makes an intelligent statement, had occasion to visit Stonehenge while on one of those AARP tours of Great Britain. When we asked her what she thought of it, she said, “It’s just a bunch of rocks.” It’s the wisest comment she’s ever made.
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To: BenLurkin
There was a roof, but it collapsed after Chevy Chase backed into it in 1985.
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Neolithic shopping mall i.e. farmers market
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To: BenLurkin
He had a wife you know...
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To: BenLurkin
If she thinks that Stonehenge looks like her base layer, she’s obviously never been there.
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To: BenLurkin
Occam's Razor. But we all know....
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"I think it was a rock concert ampitheatre. :-)" I saw what you did there.
To: BenLurkin
Yet another Stonehenge hypothesis. Everybody’s got at least one.
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ding! ding! ding! we have a winnah!
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I visited Stonehenge many years ago....
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