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Archaeologists Begin Dig on Buried Stone Circle TEN Times Bigger than Stonehenge
DailyMail.co.uk ^
| 6/30/2010
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 07/01/2010 5:37:28 PM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
Archaeologists have begun a major dig to unearth the hidden mysteries of a buried ancient stone circle site that is ten times bigger than Stonehenge.
The enormous 4,000 year old Marden Henge, in Wiltshire, is Britain's largest prehistoric structure stretching for 10.5 hectares, the equivalent of 10 football pitches.
English Heritage is carrying out a six-week dig hoping to reveal the secrets behind the giant henge which has baffled historians for centuries.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: archaeoastronomy; catastrophism; england; godsgravesglyphs; mardenhenge; megaliths; stonehenge; unitedkingdom; wiltshire
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To: GiovannaNicoletta
I think there are quite a few stone circles with larger diameters than Stonehenge.
Avebury comes to mind. What makes Stonehenge unique is the size of the stones in the circle.
ML/NJ
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:41:39 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: GiovannaNicoletta; SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:43:16 PM PDT
by
Little Bill
(Harry Browne is a poofter)
To: GiovannaNicoletta
the equivalent of 10 football pitches.I am unfamiliar with this unit of measure. Can someone translate this into "baseball kicks" for me?
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:44:29 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.)
To: Onelifetogive
I take it to have something to do with the average distance a soccer ball is thrown by a goalie in a game but that’s probably not correct.
To: GiovannaNicoletta
It’s obviously a signal to outer space aliens.
To: Onelifetogive
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:53:10 PM PDT
by
Churchillspirit
(9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
To: GiovannaNicoletta
equivalent of 10 football pitches.
Forward passes or pitch outs to the running backs?
The passes would be dependent on who was throwing.....
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:53:28 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Peanut butter was just peanut butter until I found Free Republic.........)
To: GiovannaNicoletta
Seems to be about the same time as Stonehenge was started. The caveboys must’ve influenced each other.
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:54:20 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Onelifetogive
Size varies but roughly, 110 yd long by 70 yds wide.
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:55:52 PM PDT
by
TaMoDee
To: Hot Tabasco
Well, I was using the British definition of football...but you’re right - either way it depends on who’s throwing.
To: Hot Tabasco
British version of football I should say...
To: Onelifetogive
"I am unfamiliar with this unit of measure. Can someone translate this into "baseball kicks" for me?" LOL!
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:58:32 PM PDT
by
MontanaBeth
(Born Conservative)
To: Onelifetogive
“Britain’s largest prehistoric structure stretching for 10.5 hectares, the equivalent of 10 football pitches”
what’s that in metric dog years??
that hectare thing ain’t the building blocks of life, is it, or the blueprint of a human being?
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:58:44 PM PDT
by
4buttons
To: GiovannaNicoletta
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posted on
07/01/2010 5:59:15 PM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
To: Churchillspirit
I love your screen name. Churchill was one of the GREATEST Americans ever!!!
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posted on
07/01/2010 6:02:37 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.)
To: GiovannaNicoletta
They obviously downsized to Stonehenge to reduce carbon emissions.
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posted on
07/01/2010 6:11:44 PM PDT
by
B.Lyle
To: Onelifetogive; GiovannaNicoletta
A Hectare is about 2.5 acres.
(10,000 square meters)
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posted on
07/01/2010 6:11:50 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
To: 4buttons
what’s that in metric dog years?? LOL! Good question. Of course it would make a lot more sense to me if they expressed it in imperial kilo-cricket degrees.
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posted on
07/01/2010 6:27:13 PM PDT
by
MCH
To: GiovannaNicoletta
it’ll be bigger ‘n Disneyworld.
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