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Littlestone
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Re: Was Stonehenge a hospital?
Dec 04, 2006, 17:08
Why shouldn't the stones have been revered for any other number of reasons?


Yes, I'd agree with you there - in fact I'd go a bit further and say why shouldn't the stones have been feared for any number of reasons - they are, after all 'contained' by an outer circle and that can be interpreted in any number of ways. I may be wrong but I don't think the Stone of Scone was brought south for reasons of respect and reverence for the stone - it was done more as an act of dominance over the Stone's place of origin.

Bottom line is we don't know why the bluestones were brought to Salisbury Plain (if indeed they were brought) and I'm not sure the idea of 'healing stones' is a very sound one either (would have thought if would have made more sense to go to the place of their origin to be cured as people in their millions still do go to places like Lourdes).

Just another idea to fuel our stoney imaginations during these dark, short days :-)
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