Free Thinking - Stonehenge History
Anne McElvoy looks at culture and travel between Britain and Europe from 4000 to 1000 BC, what we understand about the building of Stonehenge and other sites of that period in Scotland and Wales. Her guests are three archaeologists: Mike Pitts, Susan Greaney and Seren Griffiths. and the British museum exhibition curator Neil Wilkin. The World of Stonehenge runs at the British Museum in London from February 17th to July 17th 2022.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7y
As well as the expected discussion this had some new (to me) ideas such as never mind where most the bluestones came from, where did most of them go to? Tiny traces have been found around Salisbury plain but none in Roman buildings, despite postulations that the Romans and others carted them off. Was Stonehenge being demolished in prehistoric times?
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