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Scientists Say They Discovered the origin of Stonehenge's Stones - 180 Miles Away
By Ben Gaurino/ World/ Los Angeles Times/ latimes.com
"Archaeologists in the United Kingdom say they have traced dozens of Stonehenge’s massive rocks to two quarries in west Wales. The rocks were transported 180 miles — dragged on wooden sleds, the scientists suggest, by teams of strong men.
The stones, called bluestones after their bluish-gray hue, form the inner circle of the monument that towers over the Salisbury Plain.
Two bluestone quarries, named Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin, were excavated about 3000 BC, according to the authors of a study published this week in the journal Antiquity. Expeditions at the quarries from 2014 to 2016 recovered ancient charcoal and stone tools. In some places, the charcoal was mixed with dirt and stones to form flat platforms, which may have been used like loading bays to distribute the massive pillars, said Michael Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at University College London and an author of the new study.
Among the Welsh hills, bluestones erupted from the ground. There, millions of years ago, sheets of magma slowly cooled into columns. Eons passed and softer rock around the magma eroded. Only the jagged bluestones remained....."
Scientists believe some of the rock at Stonehenge came from Carn Goedog quarry in west Wales. (University College London)
Richard
By Ben Gaurino/ World/ Los Angeles Times/ latimes.com
"Archaeologists in the United Kingdom say they have traced dozens of Stonehenge’s massive rocks to two quarries in west Wales. The rocks were transported 180 miles — dragged on wooden sleds, the scientists suggest, by teams of strong men.
The stones, called bluestones after their bluish-gray hue, form the inner circle of the monument that towers over the Salisbury Plain.
Two bluestone quarries, named Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin, were excavated about 3000 BC, according to the authors of a study published this week in the journal Antiquity. Expeditions at the quarries from 2014 to 2016 recovered ancient charcoal and stone tools. In some places, the charcoal was mixed with dirt and stones to form flat platforms, which may have been used like loading bays to distribute the massive pillars, said Michael Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at University College London and an author of the new study.
Among the Welsh hills, bluestones erupted from the ground. There, millions of years ago, sheets of magma slowly cooled into columns. Eons passed and softer rock around the magma eroded. Only the jagged bluestones remained....."
Scientists believe some of the rock at Stonehenge came from Carn Goedog quarry in west Wales. (University College London)
Richard
