Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Read the latest edition of 'Megalith' - the Stonehenge & Avebury WHS newsletter
Megalith provides a snapshot of the work of the World Heritage Site(WHS) and its partners over the past year. This edition is a joint newsletter for both parts of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/imported-docs/k-o/megalith-jul2013.pdf
Monday, 29 July 2013
Periglacial Stripes at Avebury
I popped along to the dig on the Avenue at Avebury this morning and was made very welcome by Dr Joshua Pollard.
Why not go along yourself? - Details -http://ntarchaeostonehengeaveburywhs.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/welcome-to-fragments-dig-in/
Lots of fascinating finds to be revealed by them later but as a Stonehenge chap I was amazed to see the periglacial stripes leading down the gentle slope at a slight angle to the steepest slope in a very similar manner to the periglacial stripes under the Avenue at Stonehenge. The area has never been ploughed so they show up very well. Click the photo for larger.
Wilsford Henge
I have updated my post on Marden and Wilsford henges with some new aerial photos from Lizzie Bryant.
(c) Lizzie Bryant 2013
(c) Lizzie Bryant 2013
Sunday, 28 July 2013
FragmeNTs - new blog to follow
Welcome to FragmeNTs
The Avebury and Stonehenge Landscapes have been the scene of antiquarian and archaeological exploration and discovery for centuries and today researchers from around the globe continue to try to unlock its mysteries. They come to survey, to dig and to study and analyse the archives and collections held by the Alexander Keiller Museum.
Today’s archaeologists follow in the footsteps of some of the great antiquaries and archaeologists of the past; men and women who’ve shaped our understanding of not just the World Heritage Site but the discipline that we know today as archaeology. The list is long and includes not only John Aubrey but William Stukeley, William Cunnington and Richard Colt-Hoare (and their marvellous illustrator Philip Crocker), Harold St. George Gray, OGS Crawford, Alexander Keiller, Dorothy Liddell, Stuart Piggott and Isobel Smith. The role call continues and in these pages we’ll bring you a flavour of discoveries big and small, past and present alongside a smattering of insights into what life is like working as an archaeologist in these extraordinary places.
http://ntarchaeostonehengeaveburywhs.wordpress.com/blog/
Saturday, 27 July 2013
First Balloon Aerial Photos of Stonehenge - supersize
Click photos for much larger versions
Lieut. P H Sharpe, RE photograph taken from a balloon, exhibited 6th Dec 1906, published in Archaeologia Vol LX
Thursday, 25 July 2013
New Research Agenda - Stonehenge & Avebury.
Stonehenge Resource Assessment Update
This first draft of the new combined Stonehenge and Avebury research agenda is a product of a stakeholder workshop held at Devizes Town Hall in June 2011. The agenda summarises the ideas that were expressed on the day by over 50 invited attendees, who were all contributors and/or consultees to both the Stonehenge and Avebury volumes and WHS committees.
The project team is keen to receive feedback from colleagues and the wider public regarding the content of the current texts. Please email your comments and suggestions to sarrfcomments@gmail.com.
The full text is available to read online
Combined Research Agenda July 2013
- See more at: http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/wiltshire/stonehenge-avebury-rrf/new-combined-research-agenda-june-2012#sthash.a66KPCWE.dpuf
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