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77 lumps of weathered granodiorite (~granite) were found in the remains of a large timber structure and in Bronze Age graves near West Kennet, Avebury. Samples of these rocks have now been confirmed by the usual amazing 'rock detectives' of Ixer, Bevins et al as originating from around Cunyan Crags or Threestoneburn stone circle close to the Cheviot Hills in NE England. Examination indicates they were collected from a single highly weathered outcrop rather than random (very rare) glacial sources. Then taken south for ~450km - twice as far as the bluestones’ journey to Stonehenge? (but not as far as the Altar stone ) These are "especially unusual and distinctive" rocks and do appear to have been selected and intentionally placed in the structures at West Kennet. Were 77 chunks (22kg) of rough and not very impressive old rock - see pics - and these are the good ones - carried all this distance for a purpose? It seems almost incomprehensible to modern eyes what this may have been. Rest assured the archaeologists are not baffled but the rest of us might be. What was going on? Everyone is intrigued. More to follow.
See the comments on our page for the West Kennet palisaded enclosures here: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=46940#comments.
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