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« on: October 09, 2011, 01:14:45 am »

Bluestonehenge: An ancient alignment revealed



Digital archaeologist Henry Rothwell was working on graphics for a smartphone app about the world famous monument of Stonehenge and the wider landscape, and required imagery for the Bluestonehenge section. What followed was a discovery that shines new light onto the ancient alignments of the henge monuments.

Using an image by archaeological photographer Adam Stanford, taken during the excavations on  The Stonehenge Riverside Project, Rothwell created a digital circle of stones and overlaid the images. In discussion with Adam Stanford, he realised that a stone hole had been missed from the reconstruction on the far right.  This prompted Henry to return to the digital model and increase the circumference to take in the ‘extra’ hole, however  it looked too large and no longer fitted well with the other stone holes.
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Aerial shot of the Bluestonehenge excavation with model included - © Adam Stanford.
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2011, 01:16:57 am »

Photoshop’s elliptical marquee tool was utilised to get an idea of the possible layout of the unexcavated post holes and it quickly became apparent that an oval layout matched the excavated holes far better than a true circle.  A new oval model of  Bluestonehenge was rebuilt and the observation was emailed to individuals who were involved with the dig to seek their opinion.
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Mike Pitts, discussed the new model on his blog (Digging Deeper) in which he wrote “..a corollary of being oval, rather than circular, is that you have an orientation” (Pitts, 2011).  He also mentioned two other ovals in the area – one inside Stonehenge, and the other at Woodhenge.

Aerial shot of the Woodhenge with internal ovals highlighted. © Adam Stanford.



Aerial shot of the Woodhenge with internal ovals highlighted. © Adam Stanford.
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2011, 01:20:46 am »

computer hard-drive, so he pasted the new oval into the models. The Bluestone Oval fitted exactly in size, shape and orientation with all the others. Woodhenge and Stonehenge were perfect matches for orientation and shape – at this point Henry tried another bluestone oval, that of Bedd Arthur. in the Preseli mountains of Wales.
Comparative chart of sites. © Henry Rothwell.




Comparative chart of sites. © Henry Rothwell.
A further connection?

Bedd Arthur is more of an elongated tear-drop than an oval, and also displays a much lesser degree of symmetry than any of the other sites mentioned here. It is, none-the-less, of interest that its orientation, size, and the material used in its construction are  the same as the Bluestone Oval at Stonehenge and is worthy of further investigation.

Stonehenge and Woodhenge are famously aligned on the mid-summer and mid-winter solstices. If the new model of Bluestonehenge is correct, it also shares this alignment. Essentially, it would add weight to the hypothesis that Durrington Walls and Stonehenge were connected – here are three oval shaped monuments sharing a common alignment and connected via the river Avon.

Of course, alignments can be misleading, but this startling discovery is worth further investigation.

A future dig might prove one, or possibly both models wrong – uncertainty is a constant companion to archaeology, but that’s not such a bad thing – in many ways it’s also one of the properties which makes the discipline so stimulating.
Further reading

A longer and more detailed version of this article is available here:

http://www.digitaldigging.co.uk/features/bluestonehenge-oval/bluestone-henge-bluestonehenge-oval-henry-rothwell.html

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2011/bluestonehenge-an-ancient-alignment-revealed
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