Comments on: Another theory about how Stonehenge was built

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:46:57 +0000

So…
‘All research is aimed at proving the site built in the late Neolithic’.
What on earth does that mean? Archaeological research is about seeking the correct answers not about trying ‘to prove’ anything, unlike the comment above. What evidence does Dean Talboys have that the current series of radiocarbon dates published in Cleal’s ‘Stonehenge in its Landscape’ (1995) are wrong, and that the Late Neolithic date is incorrect? Stonehenge is NOT dated on ‘the fragile evidence of two bits of bone spaced 2,000 years apart or the cremated remains of a person who didn’t burn to death in situ’, what utter nonsense.

By: Dean Talboys

Dean Talboys — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:04:32 +0000

All research is aimed at proving the site built in the late Neolithic, which it most certainly was not. R. J. C. Atkinson unwittingly stumbled upon a feature that will prove the site to be much older than anticipated (yes, ‘anticipated’ because you can’t date a site on the fragile evidence of two bits of bone spaced 2,000 years apart or the cremated remains of a person who didn’t burn to death in situ).

By: jodie

jodie — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:17:06 +0000

the way it was constructed was they dug holes to erect the posts the easy part the harder part was accomplished by filling the entire area with fill to the top of the posts then bring the lentils in and put them in place and remove the fill.

By: Ric

Ric — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:27:55 +0000

The aliens built the Stonehenge most probably by their vehicles lifting the stones. Eat that!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:08:44 +0000

The obvious answer that will leave no signs is snow and ice.
Years ago the weather was rougher so all they had to do is during the summer bring a sarson stone to the site then when winter came make a huge embankment of snow/ice and slide the stones up in place.
If the weather was mild that year then it did not matter.
When the snow melted in the summer, no trace is left of how they did it.
They could have even used snow/ice to help move the stones from where they quarried. It would take years but they had time on their hands plus they wouldn’t need hundreds taking part.
This is how a lot of stones were moved to make the stone circles up and down the length of the country.

By: tope

tope — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:29:13 +0000

it says using wooden logs but because of the special blue granite
which is extremely heavy it will break the logs

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:01:12 +0000

Just my two cents, but I think the wheel theory almost has to be rubbish. It’s very clever, but it’s impractical considering what others have said about engineering methods at the time as well as the fact that Stonehenge was built over a 500 year period. I think the mistake engineers and others are making is that they’re figuring out how they would have done it - and they’re used to modern time constraints, where buildings/structures are put together in the shortest time span possible.

When you’re talking about a time spawn of 500 years, I find the idea of simply building big dirt ramps up to the pillars much more plausible. If the people who built Stonehenge would have realized the full extent and use of the wheel for engineering purposes (including transportation of the stones), we’d probably be talking about a 50 year building span, not 500.

By: wroland

wroland — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:19:36 +0000

It’s not lifting the stones that astounds the wrabbit, its the astonishing accuracy with which they set up…see http://www.solvingstonehenge.co.uk

By: Tom Goskar

Tom Goskar — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:20:32 +0000

A nice idea, Bruce, but how does your model get around the chronology of Stonehenge? And given the solsticial alignments, why put a roof over it?

By: Bruce Bedlam

Bruce Bedlam — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:19:55 +0000

Have a look at http://www.stonehenge.tv It has a Stonehenge Animation made by Bournemouth University and a Meridian TV Report linked to the site.

It challenges the old school of thinking

Thanks in advance

Bruce Bedlam
Intelligence Director,
Stonehenge Ltd.