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A contract to build three life-sized Neolithic homes at Stonehenge in Wiltshire has been put out to tender.
English Heritage is inviting contractors to bid for the £60,000 project, which is part of a £27m scheme to improve the setting of the monument
Using authentic materials, the prehistoric homes will be based on those excavated at Durrington Walls.
English Heritage said the buildings will provide a "real and tangible link for visitors to the distant past".
The £27m scheme to build a new visitor centre and close the road alongside the ancient monument, was begun in July.
But a "key aim" for the new centre is to create "a sense of prehistoric people using, working and living in the landscape", an English Heritage spokesperson said.
More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-19797815
Moving the Stonehenge Bluestones: At last a successful method is demonstrated!
Without a single archaeologist in sight, a couple of boat builders and an inspired TV company show just how easy it can be to load a full-size bluestone onto a replica Bronze-Age boat. Robin Heath was there and took some photographs
On the 15th August, near Poppit Sands, in Cardigan, West Wales, several skilled artisans showed how they would load a boat with a multi-ton bluestone. They did this with a force 7 on-shore gale battering the shore-line. In the time it took for the tide to come in, a flawless lowering took place of a large bluestone onto a prepared cradle within a near-replica of the boat found at Ferriby during the early 70s.
Moe at http://blog.stonehenge-stone-circle.co.uk/2012/10/03/moving-the-stonehenge-bluestones-at-last-a-successful-method-is-demonstrated/
with thanks to Jackdaw1, Coldrum and Neolithique01 for the links
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