Wednesday, 4 March 2026

The Slaughter Stone Legend: Iron Oxides, Algae, and the “Blood” Pools of Stonehenge

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For generations, the Slaughter Stone (Stone 95) at Stonehenge has captivated imaginations with its pools of vivid red rainwater collecting ...
Tuesday, 3 March 2026

What the REF doesn't see

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  Earley, B. (2026) ‘The popularity of “new antiquarianism” challenges how we understand research impact’, LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blo...
Saturday, 28 February 2026

Scientific Fact-Check: Could the white tufa patches on Newall’s Boulder be the “fingerprints” of Stonehenge’s Neolithic builders?

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I asked Grok for a rigorous fact-check of the blog post at https://www.sarsen.org/2024/06/are-these-fingerprints-of-builders-of.html , with ...

Stonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone

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Sample MS3 Channel 5 will air Stonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone on Tuesday 3 March 2026 at 9pm. The one-hour programme, presented by Tud...
Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Battling Bullshit with Bayes and Brandolini

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We can give fringe views far too much credence by applying false equivalence rather than proper Bayesian reasoning . We should assign prior...
Sunday, 22 February 2026

Review of Clarke et al. (2026) ‘Altar to Attic to Analysis: Geochemical Authentication of a Rediscovered Victorian Thin Section of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone’

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Anthony J.I. Clarke, Christopher L. Kirkland, Arthur de Oliveira Vicentini, Lisa Brown, Altar to Attic to Analysis: Geochemical Authenticati...

Correcting Brian John's Silly Mistake

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Last year Brian John published a paper in Archaeology in Wales Vol 63 arguing that “ Carn Goedog on Mynydd Preseli Was Not the Site of a Bl...