Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    soc.history.ancient    |    Ancient history (up to AD 700)    |    57,854 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 56,379 of 57,854    |
|    Stonehenge Heelstone" |
|    Re: THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF STONEHENGE E    |
|    06 Jul 19 19:51:22    |
      From: @              On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 10:18:29 AM UTC-5, LORD God Almighty wrote:       > THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF STONEHENGE EXCAVATIONS        >        > 1611. King James VI and I investigated Stonehenge to see "The stone which       the builders refused", "The stone which the builders reiected", and "the stone       which the builders disallowed".        > King James Version: 1611        >        > 1616. Doctor William Harvey, Gilbert North, and Inigo Jones find horns of       stags and oxen, coals, charcoals, batter-dashers, heads of arrows, pieces of       rusted armour, rotten bones, thuribulum (censer) pottery, and a large nail.        > Long, William, 1876, Stonehenge and its Barrows. The Wiltshire       Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 16        >        > 1620. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, dug a large hole in the       ground at the center of Stonehenge looking for buried treasure. (Diary)        >        > 1633-52. Inigo Jones conducted the first 'scientific' surveys of Stonehenge.        > Jones, I, and Webb, J, 1655, The most notable antiquity of Great Britain       vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury plain. London: J Flesher for D Pakeman       and L Chapman        >        > 1640. Sir Lawrence Washington, knight, owner of Stonehenge, fished around       Bear's Stone (named after Washington's hound dog). Bear's Stone profile       portrait a local 17th century attraction. (G-Diary)        > The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volumes 15-16        >        > 1652. Reverend Lawrence Washington, heir of Stonehenge, commissions Doctor       Garry Denke to dig below Bear's Stone, reveals lion, calf (ox), face as a man,       flying eagle, bear (dog), leopard, and hidden relics. Bear's Stone (96)       renamed Hele 'to conceal,        cover, hide'. (G-Diary)        >        > 1653-6. Doctor Garry Denke auger cored below Hele Stone 'The stone which the       builders rejected' on various occasions. Gold, silver, brass, iron, wood,       bone, concrete discovered at 1-1/3 'yardsticks' (under flying eagle).       Elizabeth Washington, heir of        Stonehenge.        > Denke, G, 1699, G-Diary (German to English by Erodelphian Literary Society       of Sigma Chi Fraternity). GDG, 1-666        >        > 1666. John Aubrey surveyed Stonehenge and made a 'Review'. Described the       Avenue's prehistoric pits. (the 'Aubrey Holes' discovered by Hawley, not       Aubrey).        > Aubrey, J, 1693 (edited by J Fowles 1982), Monumenta Britannica. Sherborne,       Dorset: Dorset Publishing Co        >        > 1716. Thomas Hayward, owner of Stonehenge, dug heads of oxen and other       beasts. (Diary)        >        > 1721-4. William Stukeley surveyed and excavated Stonehenge and its field       monuments. Surveyed the Avenue in 1721 extending beyond Stonehenge Bottom to       King Barrow Ridge. Surveyed the Cursus in 1723 and excavated.        > Stukeley, W, 1740, Stonehenge: a temple restor'd to the British druids.       London: W Innys and R Manby        >        > 1757. Benjamin Franklin observes the Hele Stone (96) "Seven Heads": lion,       calf (ox), face as a man, flying eagle, bear (dog), leopard, and sardine; "Ten       Horns": Altar of Burnt Offering (4 horns), Altar of Incense (4 horns), and       Torah scroll (2 horns);        and all of the other 'hidden' relics buried there. (Diary)        >        > 1798. Sir Richard Hoare and William Cunnington dug at Stonehenge under the       fallen Slaughter Stone 95 and under fallen Stones 56 and 57.        > The Ancient History of Wiltshire, Volume 1, 1812        >        > 1805-10. William Cunnington dug at Stonehenge on various occasions.        > Cunnington, W, 1884, Guide to the stones of Stonehenge. Devizes: Bull       Printer        >        > 1839. Captain Beamish excavated within Stonehenge. (Diary)        >        > 1874-7. Professor Flinders Petrie produced a plan of Stonehenge and numbered       the stones.        > Petrie, W M F, 1880, Stonehenge: plans, description, and theories. London:       Edward Stanford        >        > 1877. Charles Darwin digs at Stonehenge to study 'Sinking of great Stones       through the Action of Worms'.        > Darwin, Charles, 1881, The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action       of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits. London: John Murray        >        > 1901. Professor William Gowland meticulously recorded and excavated around       stone number 56 at Stonehenge.        > Gowland, W, 1902, Recent excavations at Stonehenge. Archaeologia, 58, 37-82        >        > 1919-26. Colonel William Hawley extensively excavated in advance of       restoration programmes at Stonehenge for the Office of Works and later for the       Society of Antiquaries. Hawley excavated ditch sections of the Avenue,       conducted an investigation of the        Slaughter Stone and other stones at Stonehenge, and discovered the 'Aubrey       Holes' (misnamed) through excavation.        > Hawley, W, 1921, Stonehenge: interim report on the exploration.        > Antiquaries Journal, 1, 19-41        > Hawley, W, 1922, Second report on the excavations at Stonehenge.        > Antiquaries Journal, 2, 36-52        > Hawley, W, 1923, Third report on the excavations at Stonehenge.        > Antiquaries Journal, 3, 13-20        > Hawley, W, 1924, Fourth report on the excavations at Stonehenge, 1922.        > Antiquaries Journal, 4, 30-9        > Hawley, W, 1925, Report on the excavations at Stonehenge during the season       of 1923.        > Antiquaries Journal, 5, 21-50        > Hawley, W, 1926, Report on the excavations at Stonehenge during the season       of 1924.        > Antiquaries Journal, 6, 1-25        > Hawley, W, 1928, Report on the excavations at Stonehenge during 1925 and       1926.        > Antiquaries Journal, 8, 149-76        > (Diary)        > Pitts, M, Bayliss, A, McKinley, J, Boylston, A, Budd, P, Evans, J, Chenery,       C, Reynolds, A, and Semple, S, 2002, An Anglo-Saxon decapitation and burial at       Stonehenge. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 95, 131-46        >        > 1929. Robert Newall excavated Stone 36.        > Newall, R S, 1929, Stonehenge. Antiquity, 3, 75-88        > Newall, R S, 1929, Stonehenge, the recent excavations.        > Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 44, 348-59        >        > 1935. Young, W E V, The Stonehenge car park excavation. (Diary)        >        > 1950. Robert Newall excavated Stone 66.        > Newall, R S, 1952, Stonehenge stone no. 66. Antiquaries Journal, 32, 65-7        >        > 1952. Robert Newall excavated Stones 71 and 72. (Diary)        >        > 1950-64. A major campaign of excavations by Richard Atkinson, Stuart       Piggott, and Marcus Stone involving the re-excavation of some of Hawley’s       trenches as well as previously undisturbed areas within Stonehenge.               [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca