Stonehenge quarries

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besilarius

December 08, 2015, 07:35:12 AM
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Bison

#1
December 08, 2015, 08:46:15 AM
Stupid ancients and their recycling that messes around with historical sites.

Actually that's pretty cool.

bob48

#2
December 08, 2015, 09:55:15 AM
Its quite a spooky place, too. I've been there a couple of times.
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bayonetbrant

#3
December 08, 2015, 10:09:47 AM
it's on my bucket list :)
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Centurion40

#4
December 08, 2015, 10:26:47 AM
Quote from: besilarius on December 08, 2015, 07:35:12 AM
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/07/stonehenge-first-erected-in-wales-secondhand-monument

This is an unexpected theory.  That Stonehenge is second hand.

Makes sense, I've heard ('cause I love the weird and off-beat) that there is another site directly under Stonehenge.  So perhaps what we see is an upgrade.
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Sir Slash

#5
December 08, 2015, 11:02:24 AM
Being old enough to actually remember Stonehenge being built, I can tell you it was sold to us by the Druids as a way to increase CO2 gases and prevent another Ice Age. It must've worked too because we never had another one. Probably all the huffing and puffing dragging all those damned heavy rocks. Along with the Pre-Historic Bison farts. Those things will light-up a room if there's a fire around.  :P  BOOM!
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Bison

#6
December 08, 2015, 12:45:36 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 08, 2015, 10:09:47 AM
it's on my bucket list :)

+1  and the other British Isle sight I want to visit is the chalk cliffs of Dover.

Barthheart

#7
December 08, 2015, 12:48:44 PM
Quote from: Bison on December 08, 2015, 12:45:36 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 08, 2015, 10:09:47 AM
it's on my bucket list :)

+1  and the other British Isle sight I want to visit is the chalk cliffs of Dover.

Been to Dover and it is impressive to see. I've yet to see Stonehenge though....

bob48

#8
December 08, 2015, 01:03:11 PM
Quote from: Bison on December 08, 2015, 12:45:36 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 08, 2015, 10:09:47 AM
it's on my bucket list :)

+1  and the other British Isle sight I want to visit is the chalk cliffs of Dover.

Come 'Up North' lad. I need to show you Hadrian's wall......
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

bob48

#9
December 08, 2015, 01:03:43 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on December 08, 2015, 11:02:24 AM
Being old enough to actually remember Stonehenge being built, I can tell you it was sold to us by the Druids as a way to increase CO2 gases and prevent another Ice Age. It must've worked too because we never had another one. Probably all the huffing and puffing dragging all those damned heavy rocks. Along with the Pre-Historic Bison farts. Those things will light-up a room if there's a fire around.  :P  BOOM!

Ah yes, I remember it well.
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

Bison

#10
December 08, 2015, 01:06:19 PM
Quote from: bob48 on December 08, 2015, 01:03:11 PM
Quote from: Bison on December 08, 2015, 12:45:36 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 08, 2015, 10:09:47 AM
it's on my bucket list :)

+1  and the other British Isle sight I want to visit is the chalk cliffs of Dover.

Come 'Up North' lad. I need to show you Hadrian's wall......

Is it still doing it's job keeping those pesky picts out?  I have an irrational fear of rampaging pict hoards.

bob48

#11
December 08, 2015, 01:14:35 PM
JD managed to infiltrate :-)
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

bayonetbrant

#12
December 08, 2015, 01:16:22 PM
Quote from: bob48 on December 08, 2015, 01:03:11 PMCome 'Up North' lad. I need to show you Hadrian's wall......

been there, done that.  got my shoes soaked at Housesteads when a puddle materialized under me
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

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bob48

#13
December 08, 2015, 01:17:45 PM
Housesteads and Steel rigg are fantastic places.
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

Sir Slash

#14
December 08, 2015, 02:49:50 PM
You all are making me want to hop a Delta. My wife's been threatening to send me out of the country for some time now so.....
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.
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