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The Magic of Avebury and Stonehenge with Ralph Ellis | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78355704  Canada01/17/2020 11:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. In this interview Ralph Ellis and I discuss the incredible significance of the Avebury Henge and it's sister site Stonehenge. Quoting: Person445 Built and used by druids? How did the stones get there? An astrological calendar? I used to think Stonehenge was the coolest thing ever. Until I learned it was completely destroyed by bombing during WWII. And later rebuilt. It's a copy of the original. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76871995  United States01/17/2020 11:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In the early 17th century, King James I commissioned an excavation in the center of Stonehenge, but his workers found only animal bones and burnt coals. An architect, Inigo Jones, surveyed the monument and guessed it was the work of the Romans. lol Romans Heaven Can Wait |
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 User ID: 73680793  United Kingdom01/18/2020 01:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I visited Avebury about 15 years ago. It was a place with a vibe unlike any other I’ve ever experienced. Truly majestic place! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77595028 I'd honestly never heard of it b4. It looks like such a quaint little town. Be nice to spend a night there and have some drinks in the local tavern. And there is just the one local tavern. The town is miniscule. I spent one summer solstice overnight there. "Don't hate the black, don't hate the white, if you get bitten, just hate the bite" Sly Stone 'We’re the middle children of history. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war. Our Great Depression is our lives.' 'The world is a drama, staged in a dream' |
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Traveler In The Matrix User ID: 78350162 United States01/18/2020 02:58 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. In this interview Ralph Ellis and I discuss the incredible significance of the Avebury Henge and it's sister site Stonehenge. Quoting: Person445 Built and used by druids? How did the stones get there? An astrological calendar?  For later. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. ~ Mahatma Gandhi "Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever." ~ George Orwell "The exact level of tyranny that you're going to live under, is the level of tyranny you put up with." ~Thomas Jefferson "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ~ Thomas Jefferson |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76273531 United Kingdom01/18/2020 04:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. In this interview Ralph Ellis and I discuss the incredible significance of the Avebury Henge and it's sister site Stonehenge. Quoting: Person445 Built and used by druids? How did the stones get there? An astrological calendar? I used to think Stonehenge was the coolest thing ever. Until I learned it was completely destroyed by bombing during WWII. And later rebuilt. It's a copy of the original. That's an outright lie, it wasn't bombed or destroyed during the war. Some work was done to stablize the stones post war. I bet you've never been there. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78342876 United Kingdom01/18/2020 05:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Avebury is not an original stone circle, it was reconstructed in the 1930's: it was partly destroyed by the archaeologist, Alexander Keiller, the marmalade heir, who bought Avebury in 1934. Few will know that Avebury today is largely Keiller's creation. As well as knocking down buildings, he removed fences, dynamited trees, re-erected megaliths and set concrete markers where he believed stones would have been. [link to www.telegraph.co.uk (secure)] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 54959123 United Kingdom01/18/2020 05:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I visited Avebury about 15 years ago. It was a place with a vibe unlike any other I’ve ever experienced. Truly majestic place! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77595028 I'd honestly never heard of it b4. It looks like such a quaint little town. Be nice to spend a night there and have some drinks in the local tavern. The Pub in the middle of the complex has a table that's over the original well, it's illuminated under a glass top ! At the solstices Stonehenge is under siege these days, access to the 'drove' has been stopped at these times too now, so no overnight gathering. English Heritage are openly selling private access the rest of the year.. In the morning it's a sea of Iphones, attention-seekers and armed police so most of the 'old crowd' go to Avebury at the solstices now. |
