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The bluestone debate

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korgilud Jun 21, 2006 01:00:25

Replying to Littlestone

I believe the bluestone found off the Welsh coast (in the Cleddau estuary) was a stone lost when a group had tried to re-enact the transportation of these stones to Stonehenge! Even with modern technology they couldn't manage it; doesn't mean it didn't happen though.

Littlestone Jun 21, 2006 06:28:47

Replying to korgilud

I believe the bluestone found off the Welsh coast (in the Cleddau estuary) was a stone lost when a group had tried to re-enact the transportation of these stones to Stonehenge!

Yes, there was an attempt to recreate the transportation of a three-tonne bluestone from Preseli to Stonehenge six years ago; it sank off the Pembrokeshire coast. There's a short news report at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/794299.stm

But I'm sure I read a newspaper report some years ago of an ancient worked bluestone that had been discovered on the seabed - will have another go at trying to find the press cutting.

mountainman Aug 1, 2008 20:17:26

Replying to korgilud

Yes, there was that one, lost during the ill-fated Millennium Stone Project in 2000. But there have been others too -- don't let's be surprised. Since the Irish Sea Glacier pushed across Pembs and right up the Bristol Channel there is a very strong chance that there are hundreds if not thousands of bluestone erratics sitting there in glacial deposits on the sea bed.