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Amusingly I sent this to my nephew who lives close to the site in Wales, he responded 'I thought that was common knowledge, it is what people around here have a
by ljf 6y ago
Amusingly I sent this to my nephew who lives close to the site in Wales, he responded 'I thought that was common knowledge, it is what people around here have always claimed'
I love the link to Ireland that at first seems incorrect until you learn that this part of what was part of Ireland in the past.
- OJFord 6y agoGoing by the article linked in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26112657 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26112657 It indeed seems more like evidence in favour of a long-held theory. Also though, as the OP says: > It is already known that the smaller bluestones that were first used to build Stonehenge were transported from 150 miles (240 km) away in modern-day Pembrokeshire. > But the new discovery suggests the bluestones from Waun Mawn could have been moved as the ancient people of the Preseli region migrated, even taking their monuments with them, as a sign of their ancestral identity. I don't live in Wales but have definitely heard that before too, the discovery seems to be about larger ones and that they were previously erected (not just mined) in (what is now) Pembrokeshire. Is it definitely that that he thought to be common knowledge, not just that the stones were taken from the region?
- ljf 6y agoI asked him just now and he said he thought it was known that the stones were taken from the stone circle there not just mined there. He hangs out with a lot of alternative types there, who are interested in that sort of thing.
- lovemenot 6y agoAsk him for other some common knowledge and filter for what seems surprising to you. Then fact-check those. Perhaps there's diamonds in the rough. Perhaps not.