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My dad's copy of this (which I still have). There are photos of Bryn Celli Ddu and I spent hours trying to figure out how the chamber 'entrance' worked. Ended up starting my archaeological career there, and writing a PhD thesis about it...

05.01.2026 07:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not this year...

25.12.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for your help with it, Nicola

02.12.2025 12:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Free on our open library. All the works we undertook in an attempt to find somewhere to build the new visitor facilities at Stonehenge.
wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/plugins/book...

01.12.2025 11:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A very soggy Long Meg today

28.11.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That would spoil it, though

28.11.2025 08:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even though it was...

27.11.2025 19:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see you, Jody

05.10.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Excavations at Cheeseman's Green: The Development of Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Landscapes

The report on our excavations at Cheeseman's Green, Ashord is now on our open library. A remarkable site with two Late Mesolithic cremation burials among a host of other evidence.
wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/library/repository/view/233/

25.09.2025 09:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Opportunity – Chair of Expert & Stakeholder GroupΒ  ⋆ Stonehenge & Avebury This is a prestigious voluntary opportunity to play a key role in the governance of Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS) and contribute to protecting the WHS for current and future generat...

www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/new-opportun...

27.08.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I had no idea. Information about anything at Tara was frustratingly hard to come by.

24.08.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Virtually none now, either, but that meant I could sound knowledgeable without fear of contradiction!

24.08.2025 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the missing final word is 'values'

23.08.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jacquetta Hawkes, of all people, pre-empting John Barrett by a good half century

23.08.2025 07:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ho ho.

17.08.2025 09:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glacial transport or you're dumped

17.08.2025 09:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's your fault!

At first I thought that was a Hawkwind bootleg I don't have. Looks ace.

26.02.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Any good? Sorry it's you-know-where related

26.02.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Was Stonehenge a phallic temple? Study suggests key stone represents a giant penis Research suggests fallen stone was deliberately altered in order to give it a phallic appearance

A giant penis at Stonehenge? That's hardly news www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

26.02.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I apologise in advance for the five books about Stonehenge-related things I currently have in various stages of completion.

27.01.2025 23:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Landscape connectivity in Prehistory | The Prehistoric Society The Prehistoric Society Europa Conference 2025: Landscape connectivity in Prehistory will be held at the University of Reading on Saturday 7th June 2025. This year the conference honours the achieveme...

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Europa Conference 2025: Landscape connectivity in Prehistory at Univ of Reading, Sat 7th June 2025. Conference honours achievements of Prof. Martin Bell, Prof of Arch Science at Univ of Reading.

Call for papers now live. Info in link:

www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2025-...

27.01.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Happy new year, Rik. Hope you're quickly better

07.01.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If I remember my Orwell, this was basically his argument in Part 2 of Wigan Pier?

06.01.2025 12:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The very place

05.01.2025 08:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

of an audio-vusual reconstruction of a Bronze Age ceremony at a Scottish stone circle where the hairy fellows ran into the circle, arms aloft, bellowing 'Let the wife-taking begin!' 2/2

04.01.2025 22:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

While I agree completely with the sentiment, and while I'm quite sure there are many thoughtful people producing excellent material, let's not pretend that shoddy crap is only a product of AI use. I still sometimes wake up in a sweat remembering my mid-1990's experience 1/2

04.01.2025 22:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy new year, Susan

31.12.2024 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy new year, Amanda

31.12.2024 17:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Still half convinced there'll be another one of those under Gop Cairn

30.12.2024 22:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Christmas!

25.12.2024 08:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0