Carvings on Stone 23 of Stonehenge

Visible from the public path when the sun is right are these marks on Stone 23 (circled in yellow)

Directly opposite on the other side of the circle is Stone 9a which has similar marks (though badly eroded as Stone 9 is a fallen one).

Is This A Dagger I See Before Me?

The carvings on Stone 53 were caught by the sun last night.

I'm not sure how many I can count.

The Origin of the Word Sarsen

Sarsen is a Wiltshire dialect pronunciation of the word Saracen, used to mean "foreign", as the stones seem strange and out of place on the green downs of Wiltshire
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The Public View of The Stone 16 Spiral

From the public path - another picture of the Stone 16 Spiral

The Bowls Barrow Bluestone in Salisbury Museum

Pictures of the stone before it came to the museum are here. More the possible significance of this stone is on Brian John's blog and here

It is worth clicking on the photo of the sign above to see what the Museum says.

If the bluestone came from Bowls Barrow it shows there was at least one Bluestone on Salisbury Plain before the construction of Stonehenge which would support the glacial transport theory of how they got there. But only support the theory not prove it.

Stonehenge, Troops and Fargo Cottages

An old undated postcard - on the horizon to the left of Stonehenge is that Fargo Cottages and Farm, or is it the first hanger of the Stonehenge airfield?

Click photo to enlarge.

Trilithon Repairs

The sun was just right tonight to pick out the concrete bedding between the uprights and the lintel on the re-erected trilithon 57,58, 158 at Stonehenge. Click on the picture for a closer look.