Post by Urban Warrior on Feb 26, 2007 7:06:17 GMT
Ritual piece of Stonehenge discovered:
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=ritual-piece-of-stonehenge-discovered&method=full&objectid=18646143&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Sam Burson, Western Mail
A MISSING stone which could be an integral part of rituals at Stonehenge may have been discovered by a Welsh archaeologist.
Dennis Price, pictured below, who has done years of research on the mysterious stone structure, believes he has tracked down a previously lost altar stone, identified during one of the first studies of the site in the 17th century.
He is convinced it is now in two pieces on either side of a road in a Wiltshire village, just a couple of miles from Stonehenge itself.
Mr Price, who is from Monmouthshire, and now based in Exeter, has studied the archaeology of Stonehenge for years, and in 2003 filmed the excavation of the graves of the Welsh Boscombe Bowmen who helped build Stonehenge.
He believes the stones found used to be the altar stone which was named and described by 17th century architect Inigo Jones.
Jones, one of his era's most prominent architects, was the first person known to have carried out detailed measurements of Stonehenge. He did so in 1620.
Now Price, 47, says he can account for the altar stone's history.
The stones are made of Jurassic limestone - found in Dorset and the Cotswolds, but not locally. It is known not all stones used in Stonehenge were Welsh Preseli bluestone.
And the stones, if put together, would look remarkably similar to one in a Victorian woodcut picture he has acquired. Price believes the stone was taken from the site in the Victorian era, when such raids were commonplace.
If you would like to read the rest of this article please go to the link above.
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=ritual-piece-of-stonehenge-discovered&method=full&objectid=18646143&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Sam Burson, Western Mail
A MISSING stone which could be an integral part of rituals at Stonehenge may have been discovered by a Welsh archaeologist.
Dennis Price, pictured below, who has done years of research on the mysterious stone structure, believes he has tracked down a previously lost altar stone, identified during one of the first studies of the site in the 17th century.
He is convinced it is now in two pieces on either side of a road in a Wiltshire village, just a couple of miles from Stonehenge itself.
Mr Price, who is from Monmouthshire, and now based in Exeter, has studied the archaeology of Stonehenge for years, and in 2003 filmed the excavation of the graves of the Welsh Boscombe Bowmen who helped build Stonehenge.
He believes the stones found used to be the altar stone which was named and described by 17th century architect Inigo Jones.
Jones, one of his era's most prominent architects, was the first person known to have carried out detailed measurements of Stonehenge. He did so in 1620.
Now Price, 47, says he can account for the altar stone's history.
The stones are made of Jurassic limestone - found in Dorset and the Cotswolds, but not locally. It is known not all stones used in Stonehenge were Welsh Preseli bluestone.
And the stones, if put together, would look remarkably similar to one in a Victorian woodcut picture he has acquired. Price believes the stone was taken from the site in the Victorian era, when such raids were commonplace.
If you would like to read the rest of this article please go to the link above.