megadread
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Re: Aaaaaaaanyhow
Jul 21, 2010, 12:45
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Well i'm assuming silbury would have only been climbed by a special few when it was an "active" site and maybe the avenue was treated the same, walking it could be just as disrespectful as climbing Silbury, just a thought.
Wasn't there evidence of compaction outside the avenue suggesting this was the case. ?
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Resonox
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Re: The Eds are watching
Jul 21, 2010, 15:18
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TMA Ed wrote: We are watching. Play nicely please boys and girls.
Point taken.
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thesweetcheat
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Re: Aaaaaaaanyhow
Jul 21, 2010, 17:50
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faerygirl wrote: megadread wrote: As we're discussing walking / climbing up / on ancient monuments, what about walking the West Kennet avenue. ?
Anyone.
Well it doesnt really damage the stones to walk on the avenue.
Perhaps if you leap from stone to stone, never touching the floor?
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VBB
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Re: Grrr...
Jul 28, 2010, 17:24
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Sanctuary wrote: Yes the bank wears thin in places but that's not the end of the world is it as it will recover as you state yourself if left for a period of time.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jul/28/marden-henge-builders-yard-stonehenge
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VBB
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Re: Grrr...
Jul 28, 2010, 17:27
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VBB wrote:
Houses, henge bank, irreplaceable archaeology, modern visitors (lots of 'em), National Trust wooden staircases & imported chalk, Silbury's irreplaceable surface archaeology (still a great deal of that)...
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faerygirl
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Re: Aaaaaaaanyhow
Jul 29, 2010, 14:28
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thesweetcheat wrote: faerygirl wrote: megadread wrote: As we're discussing walking / climbing up / on ancient monuments, what about walking the West Kennet avenue. ?
Anyone.
Well it doesnt really damage the stones to walk on the avenue.
Perhaps if you leap from stone to stone, never touching the floor?
Ah or you could try levitation!
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tjj
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Edited Jul 29, 2010, 19:54
Re: Aaaaaaaanyhow
Jul 29, 2010, 16:45
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faerygirl wrote: thesweetcheat wrote: faerygirl wrote: megadread wrote: As we're discussing walking / climbing up / on ancient monuments, what about walking the West Kennet avenue. ?
Anyone.
Well it doesnt really damage the stones to walk on the avenue.
Perhaps if you leap from stone to stone, never touching the floor?
Ah or you could try levitation!
Or in my case a collapsible broomstick - sshh, now you know why I don't own a car.
Edit: Just joking ... no offence to any wiccans out there.
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thesweetcheat
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Re: Aaaaaaaanyhow
Jul 29, 2010, 19:34
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tjj wrote: faerygirl wrote: thesweetcheat wrote: faerygirl wrote: megadread wrote: As we're discussing walking / climbing up / on ancient monuments, what about walking the West Kennet avenue. ?
Anyone.
Well it doesnt really damage the stones to walk on the avenue.
Perhaps if you leap from stone to stone, never touching the floor?
Ah or you could try levitation!
Or in my case a collapsible broomstick - sshh, now you know why I don't own a car.
Edit: Just joking ... no offence to any wiccans out there.
[Sound of angry wiccan mob coming over the brow of Waden Hill to turn June into a stone..]
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head-first
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Re: Grrr...
Jul 30, 2010, 12:59
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A few people will always want to climb Silbury as long as the site’s freely accessible. It’s a compromise, but one that’s surely preferable to a large security fence and barbed wire.
Alternatively, they could permanently flood the ‘moat’!
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Sanctuary
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Re: Grrr...
Aug 04, 2010, 12:39
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head-first wrote: A few people will always want to climb Silbury as long as the site’s freely accessible. It’s a compromise, but one that’s surely preferable to a large security fence and barbed wire.
Alternatively, they could permanently flood the ‘moat’!
EH would probably hire out paddle boats then. Come in number 9 (TIC)
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