Saturday 25 January 2014

The Tridendron of Stonehenge

I have been trying to find a picture of the wooden strut - two legs and a cross piece that was erected under the lintel of the Stones 6 & 7 trilithon for some time, having just glimpsed it in a view from the North East taken in, I think, the 1890s.

And then two turn up this week. Photo of Stonehenge, 1887 - Francis Frith has one as well.

By the time of Sharpe's Aerial photograph 1906 it has been removed.

2 comments:

  1. Heya Timmy-me-Buck,
    Call me crazy, but I don't think it's as old as 1887. Granted, Flinders-Petrie had let Antrobus know about it's abysmal condition, but I didn't think anything was done re: the telegraph poles, till after -21 came lumbering down in 1900.

    I have about 5 pictures with this "Tridendron" in it. PM me and I'll ship em off to you.
    Best,
    Neil

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  2. Notice in one of the pictures that Lintel 122 is down, and in the other it is still up.
    This tells us that that trestle was under there for a while.
    In review of my photo collection I see that it was certainly there in 1896, but I still think 1887 is a stretch.

    Neil

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