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4,000 years of history crashes to the ground
Western Telegraph ^
| Thursday 13th October 2011
| unattributed
Posted on 10/17/2011 6:46:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
An ancient monument has crashed to the ground after standing for more than 4,000 years as an important landmark.
The famous standing stone at Bedd Morris, on Newport mountain, was snapped over the weekend, toppling over and crushing a nearby fence.
Archaeologist Professor Geoffrey Wainwright, an expert who has worked on several sites in the Preselis, plans to play an active role in getting the stone reinstated.
He said: "It's a tragedy, the stone has snapped and it's a real mess.
"It's an important landscape feature and an important archaeological site and it must be put back as soon as possible."
He added: "Hopefully the stone should go back up and no-one will ever know the difference.
"For centuries people have gone up the top road and seen the stone, which is a scheduled monument."
It is believed the two metre high, bronze age stone was hit by a vehicle travelling on the Cwm Gwaun to Newport road.
Newport mayor Byron James was shocked by the incident and told the Western Telegraph he was looking into the matter.
The National Park Authority has arranged a meeting at the site of the stone to determine how the damage occurred happened, with the authority's archaeologist and Cadw representatives.
An Authority spokesman said: "Bedd Morris is an impressive, very tall standing stone, well over six foot. It is a scheduled ancient monument thought to date from the bronze age. It now marks the parish boundary between Newport and Pontfaen.
"About five years ago, after a traffic collision, Cadw and the Park Authority's archaeologist carried out successful consolidation work on Bedd Morris and it has continued to stand strong ever since."
(Excerpt) Read more at westerntelegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: archaeoastronomy; godsgravesglyphs; megaliths
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To: SunkenCiv
I’m sure the woman felt bad... *ducking*
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posted on
10/17/2011 7:44:43 PM PDT
by
scott7278
("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
To: SunkenCiv
Ignore to your peril.
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posted on
10/17/2011 7:50:56 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(We're not scared, Maobama -- we're pissed off!)
To: SunkenCiv
And yet, against all odds, this Stone is still standing.
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posted on
10/17/2011 7:57:21 PM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
("Nanny Care State" is not a Division 3 football powerhouse.)
To: SunkenCiv
Those old stones! They just don’t make them like they use to.
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posted on
10/17/2011 8:09:37 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
10/17/2011 8:13:38 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: BerryDingle
It was an army truck during WWII. Only tree within three or four hundred miles.Driver a blonde?
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posted on
10/17/2011 8:36:34 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Jack Hydrazine
the worlds most remote tree (an acacia in Africa) that is in the Guiness Book of World Records. At some point someone backed into it with their vehicle they were driving. We have an unlimited supply of "most remote trees." One is always more remote than all the other.
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posted on
10/17/2011 8:51:02 PM PDT
by
Greysard
To: SunkenCiv
So, is it Bush’s fault, or AGW?
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posted on
10/17/2011 9:11:02 PM PDT
by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: SunkenCiv
He added: "Hopefully the stone should go back up and no-one will ever know the difference. Its the tourism....
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posted on
10/17/2011 9:32:14 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
('Are now or have you ever been a member of the tea party?' is NOT a legitimate debate question.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wouldn’t you want to lay down for a bit after standing up for 4k years straight?
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:39:20 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
...HAAAAAA, That’s a HOOT. Good Post...
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:49:02 PM PDT
by
gargoyle
(...it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them...)
To: Grimmy
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:09:49 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: a fool in paradise
If that’s all they’ve got, they’d better redo it pronto. :’)
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:10:54 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: skr
If it weren’t the only one. :’) There was a 19th century restoration done, I think at Avebury, and under one of the tipped stones was found the remains of a formerly well-to-do Englishman of the 16th c or so (dated based on the coins found in the pocket), apparently killed while trying to use the site as a quarry. :’)
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:19:39 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Grizzled Bear
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:21:29 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:22:53 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: SunkenCiv
He said: “It’s a tragedy, the stone has snapped and it’s a real mess.”
I hate when that happens.
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:49:31 AM PDT
by
Winstons Julia
(when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
To: SunkenCiv
Big Rocks. Unstable. Don't mess with Mother Nature.
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posted on
10/18/2011 4:49:14 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
To: Daffynition
Yes. Tragic. Yet people still go to look at The Old Neck of the Mountain...
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posted on
10/18/2011 2:09:25 PM PDT
by
pabianice
(")
To: pabianice
LOL...It’s still worth a trip up there, if only to visit Clark’s. :)
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posted on
10/18/2011 2:55:55 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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