Stonehenge Made From Recycled Material?

[mosaix]

Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales, evidence suggests

Evidence of quarrying for Stonehenge’s bluestones is among the dramatic discoveries leading archaeologists to theorise that England’s greatest prehistoric monument may have first been erected in Wales.

...archaeologists have discovered a series of recesses in the rocky outcrops of Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin, to the north of those hills, that match Stonehenge’s bluestones in size and shape. They have also found similar stones that the prehistoric builders extracted but left behind, and “a loading bay” from where the huge stones could be dragged away.

An enduring mystery...

 

[Ray McCarthy]

discovered a series of recesses in the rocky outcrops of Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin, to the north of those hills, that match Stonehenge’s bluestones in size and shape.

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[TheDustyZebra]

Maybe it was just the model. Wait till they come back to build the real thing.

 

[Overread]

Considering that harvesting, transporting and building would have been a major undertaking in those days it makes full sense that they would have tested at the harvesting site if it was that far away. No point lugging rocks across the country if they didn't fit together at the other end - remembering that road networks back then would have been very basic at best.

Honestly very interesting and almost scary to think that they could have found this evidence after thousands of years! Fascinating to think that it was harvested, designed, tested, dismantled and transported across the country!


And that's just the practical approach - could it be the remains of an epic saga; a people disposed from Wales and forced to travel to new lands - taking their rocks - their monument with them!

 

[Ray McCarthy]

remembering that road networks back then would have been very basic at best.

I think there were only "routes" no roads.

 

[LittleStar]

Just to throw a cynical view out there (and possibly showing my ignorance in many areas)... How can they possibly know that the campfire there carbon dated is the same one used by the people who carved the rocks?
Surely if they think Stonehenge was made in X year, and is unlikely to take 500 years to transport, then the most obvious solution is that this wasn't the correct camp. Yet science hasn't taken that obvious solution, instead taken a leap. Not to mention the 300 year disparity between the quarry sites.

 

[Overread]

Star - I assume it's one of several possible reasons:

1) The campfire was in the same stratographic layer as the stone evidence - there might also be things such as matching detritus or other elements that allowed them to link the fire to the stone remains.

2) The campfire might be the only one left; at the very least that gives a possible potential "last" fire date at the site

3) The connection was only rough, but in media reporting that fine detail got watered out and generalised.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

, but in media reporting that fine detail got watered out and generalised.

As usual