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»For a monument that has largely been misunderstood under fairly recently, why does our own reflection on the meaning of Stonehenge matter? That makes us no better than the neo-druids who recko…

Egocentrism?

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Nick Davies, 12 Mar 17

»As noted in the last lecture, there isn't much about Stonehenge in writings really until the 19th century when people go nuts for it. Why the upsurge? Why the status as representing the core o…

Why iconic

Nick Davies, 12 Mar 17

»Why do people like the idea of druids? Aren't they largely a thing made up by people riffing off what the Romans said about the place?

Druids

Nick Davies, 12 Mar 17

»A thousand year construction, Bronze age, Beaker culture, long period of use, midwinter alignment, ruddy great bovines roaming the place...all quite interesting. Unfortunately, I find it hard …

Chapter 2

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Nick Davies, 28 Feb 17

»Not sure about the question, as the it appears the answer being gunned for is 'the whole stonehenge landscape'. Perhaps a better question is why is attention made to Stonehenge rather than th…

chapter

Nick Davies, 21 Feb 17