Bush Barrow and the Stonehenge landscape in 1919

My friend Julian Richards is fundraising for Alabaré. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/julian-...

Two years ago today @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social announced they had the original Wiltshire Thatcher (as seen on Led Zep 4) print. Their version is in black and white but has yellow ink on it, including fingerprints so it is probable that the famous coloured version is contemporary.

Tis the night to turn the Devil's Stone - Shebbear, Devon, 8 pm, Hog Roast and Music

The Fremington (Devon) Clay erratic that was thought to have been ice-rafted from Scotland. Photographed and described by Taylor in 1956 - found again today. (I think it is from the Dartmoor Aureole). www.sarsen.org/2025/10/find... #StandingStoneSunday

Mum and Dad's memorial stone on Rybury Camp. He had walked the dogs up there the last time I saw him 32 years ago today.

Hare in a form

I have found two or three Fremington Clay erratics that were last examined 70 years ago and whether the are glacial or not is still debated. (Geeky Geology Gigapoint Post ) www.sarsen.org/2025/10/find...

Sunday Sarsen Stone www.sarsen.org/2025/10/the-...

A new study published in The Antiquaries Journal by Phil Harding offers fresh insight into how prehistoric communities may have shaped sarsen: www.sarsen.org/2025/10/new-...

Castilly Henge Update - www.sarsen.org/2025/10/cast...

Charity run from Preseli to Stonehenge in aid of a very good cause, and he's collecting stones on the way. With a live tracker of his progress. www.sarsen.org/2025/10/char...

Bluestone Fragments at Silbury Hill – Resolving Provenance and Prehistoric Significance -https://www.sarsen.org/2025/10/review-bluestone-fragments-at-silbury.html

Castilly Henge - or is it not a henge at all? Ground truthing with @cornwallarch.bsky.social @neiltlinford.bsky.social @olafbayer.bsky.social - Here's my take on the background www.sarsen.org/2025/09/cast...

Middens and Rivers in the Pewsey Vale, is there a connection? www.sarsen.org/2025/09/midd...

An updated report on a possible posthole in the old Stonehenge Carpark. www.sarsen.org/2025/08/a-fo...

I have created a summary of the problem of asbestos on the Stonehenge drove to hopefully clear up some of the misinformation that is circulating and help understanding. www.sarsen.org/2025/08/asbe...

Last night, the rock stars

Just listened to Spinal Tap play Stonehenge at Stonehenge. Iconic and weird.

The full history, or obituary, of The Stonehenge Glacial Transport Theory for posterity. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10229.28642 / www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#dailysarsen. Puddingstone mix found in All Cannings

Comparative Analysis of the "Brian John Boulder" at Craig Rhos-y-felin and the "Newall Boulder" from Stonehenge: Implications for the Origins and Transport of the Bluestones - a paper - DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28445.01769

Wessex archaeology has numerous Cunningtons in its history - I have tried to unravel the family tree - www.sarsen.org/2025/08/the-...

Pobl nid rhewlifau a gludodd gerrig gleision o Gymru i Gôr y Cewri – ymchwil newydd - Stonehenge bluestone research, the Welsh PR www.sarsen.org/2025/07/pobl...

Blusky asked me to verify my age, presumably I'm missing out on the open sewer of pornofilth. It wouldn't recognise my credit card and doubted my face was real, no one could look that weathered surely? So no age verification for me. So I will miss out on your grown up conversation, and pictures of b

Stonehenge - not just Bluestones, new controversy about the Sarsen Stones origins today as well - www.sarsen.org/2025/07/the-...

Stonehenge’s Bluestones Were Not Transported by Glaciers to the Salisbury Plain: www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/07/s...

This unsuspecting chunk of rock collected at Stonehenge in 1924 is the centre of a controversy. Or maybe not. More: 1/ 🧵

Stonehenge alert! Very nerdy, long & really shouldn’t have been needed, but with misinformation in peer-reviewed articles, Richard Bevins & colleagues (including me) felt the record had to be put straight. Why Stonehenge megaliths are NOT erratics Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Stonehenge Glacial transport theory isn't just pining for the fjords—it’s kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, and joined the choir invisible! www.sarsen.org/2025/07/the-...

The enigmatic ‘Newall boulder’ excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: New data and analysis, refuting any glacial transport. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Golfhenge (and its little hengiform neighbour just to the top right of the trees) in on the old golf driving range at Larkhill in 2018 and afterwards. Pictures from Google Earth .

Kings or cows? Who enabled neolithic monument building? www.sarsen.org/2025/06/catt...

A tooth's tale from Stonehenge about bluestone hauling. www.sarsen.org/2025/06/the-...

A new paper by Evans and al raises intriguing new possibilities of neolithic cattle management and migration. www.sarsen.org/2025/06/neol...

Pleased to see Phil Andrews of Wessex Archaeology honoured with a BEM in the King's Birthday Honours today

I have copied my response to Wiltshire Council's WHS Setting Survey online, and I don't mention stones once. www.sarsen.org/2025/06/a-re...

A Review of the Stonehenge Cremated Remains and Their Provenancing www.researchgate.net/publication/...

From Stones to Bones: Isotopic Analysis Confirms Neolithic Mobility at Stonehenge - www.sarsen.org/2025/05/from...

My review of historic Stonehenge sarsen stone provenancing studies and a conclusion of where the research is in May 2025 is available on @ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

An analysis of the latest research on the provenancing of the Stonehenge sarsens www.sarsen.org/2025/05/ston...

The responses of various bodies to the problems of the byways close to Stonehenge: www.sarsen.org/2025/05/ston...

www.sarsen.org/2025/05/the-... The new EH licence to operate and how it has changed.

Effect of turnout rugs on the behaviour of horses under mild autumn conditions in the United Kingdom - Daw et al. I'm very proud of my son. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tonnes of Dolerite spotted near Stonehenge! And why it may be a problem. www.sarsen.org/2025/05/dole...

A preprint of Sexual Selection and Neolithic Monument Building for your amusement www.researchgate.net/publication/...

"humans are driven by innate preferences for traits signaling fitness—such as skill, health management, and wealth—without deliberate intent. Over generations, these instinctive mating preferences favoured monument builders who exhibited such traits." www.sarsen.org/2025/04/monu...

Got the maincrop spuds in this weekend

Wiltshire Council Public Consultation - Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Draft Site Setting Study. t.co/FpUyOmXfnx

Wiltshire Council are consulting on the future use of the Stonehenge Byways, details at: www.sarsen.org/2025/03/ston...