First world war training tunnels discovered at Larkhill. Photograph: Adam Stanford Aerial-Cam/Cundall and Aerial-Cam Ltd
Posted on 02/16/2018 10:44:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A team of archaeologists believe they may have discovered a spot where some of the architects of Stonehenge gathered and camped.
The team have been investigating a causewayed enclosure -- these are thought to be ancient meeting places or centres of trade -- on army land at Larkhill close to Stonehenge.
They found an alignment of posts that matches the orientation of the circle at Stonehenge, leading to the theory that Larkhill could have been some sort of blueprint for the temple.
Si Cleggett, of Wessex Archaeology, conceded it was possible to suggest that any evidence of prehistoric settlement could be connected to the creation of Stonehenge.
But he argued that the proximity of Larkhill -- a relatively short walk from the stone circle -- and the coincidence of the alignment of the nine posts gave weight to the idea that the people who created and visited the enclosure could have had a hand in the conceptualisation of Stonehenge.
The first version of Stonehenge -- a simple circular ditch and bank with upright timber posts -- was built in around 3,000BC. The stones began to arrive by around 2,500BC.
Cleggett’s team believes the causewayed enclosure was built between 3,750 and 3,650BC.
He said: “The causewayed enclosure at Larkhill was constructed during the late Stone Age, a period of transition when our ancestors gradually moved away from a mobile hunter-gatherer lifestyle and embraced a farming existence.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
First world war training tunnels discovered at Larkhill. Photograph: Adam Stanford Aerial-Cam/Cundall and Aerial-Cam Ltd
nope. wasn’t it.
Looks like Al Capone’s vault.
And lo how they danced...
I just liked that picture better. :^)
Awe thanks for reminding me of one of the worst nights of my college life.
I watched Geraldo live all night and didn’t study.
Did poorly on my test the next day.
That was a life lesson.
Like watching the modern day equivalents:
“Not Finding Bigfoot”
“The Curse of Joke Island”
sorry - just being a debbie downer for no reason at all.
I loathe “may” in the title of anything.
nothing personal.
They found a 5000 year old Mr. Coffee?....................
Fascinating.
I’ve often wondered how it is they constructed this thing and we’ve never found anything in writing on it.
How do you construct a monument without written diagrams?
That's how old it is!
and a solar powered calculator, a hustler and used condom
that dates the find right around 1979 when its surmised they cut the first triptic.
Arthrur C. Clarke (Greame Garden actually) was oblivious to stonehenge being a refueling stop for alien spacecraft.
Yes, and genetic testing has been used, and they've determined the Mr. Coffee is related to Mr. T.
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