Saturday, 19 October 2024

The Chalk Plaque Lozenges

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In 1968 during the widening of the A303 road near Stonehenge. archaeologists uncovered what is now known as the Chalk Plaque Pit, which cont...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024

The characteristics of lines engraved by stone tools versus metal tools

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 The characteristics of lines engraved by stone tools versus metal tools can differ in several key ways:   ## Stone Tool Engravings   ...
Tuesday, 8 October 2024

Was the Altar Stone ever a pillar?

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  The Altar Stone Outline based on Atkinson. Richard Atkinson in the 1979 revision of his "Stonehenge" book addressed the question...
Thursday, 3 October 2024

Are the engravings actually on the Altar Stone?

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Over on X Mike Pitts makes a reasonable observation about the claims in https://www.sarsen.org/2024/10/prehistoric-engravings-discovered-o...
Wednesday, 2 October 2024

Prehistoric Engravings Discovered on Stonehenge's Altar Stone

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In the Historic England archive of Richard Atkinson's 1958 excavations at Stonehenge, I came across two photographs (link to full size c...
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Examining the physical properties of the Altar Stone

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The Historic England Archives in Swindon has a collection of unpublished photographs from Richard Atkinson's 1958 Stonehenge Excavations...
Monday, 30 September 2024

The Barrow where the Lake House Meteorite was excavated from.

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From Pillinger & Pillinger* we know that the Lake House Meteorite wasn't exposed to the weather on the steps for many years prior ...