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Pete G

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Re: Buried stones at Avebury.

Jun 29, 2006, 15:04

akas555 wrote:

does anyone know if this is true?

Yes it is true.
Half of the circle remains unexcavated and there are known buried stones found by AC Smith in the 1800's and again recently by Mike Papworth of the NT using geofiz.
I have seen 4 stones of the Beckhampton avenue uncovered then reburied in recent years and know of another pair found by geofiz last year. I saw one stone on the Kennet avenue uncovered and also reburied.
Colin Snell has discovered as many as 20 buried stones continuing the kennet avenue and even has a 3D model of one of them.

akas555 wrote:

If so, as many of the stones we now see were previously buried and then reinstated why haven't the rest been too? are there any archaeological reasons why not?

Money!
Mike Pitts tried to get stone 78 erected but the BBC have pulled out so there is no money for the project.
The BBC don't want to be seen to be involved with a high profile event at Avebury while the Silbury situation is still to be resolved as they don't want to remind people that the BBC are responsible for the state of the Atkinson fiaso at Silbury in the 1960's.

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Buried stones at Avebury. – akas555, Jun 29, 2006, 12:30


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