moss
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Professor Geoffrey Wainwright
Mar 10, 2017, 07:43
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Sad news that this unique archaeologist has died a few days ago. He moved to my favourite part of Wales, somewhere near the Prescelis, and conducted digs at both Stonehenge and this part of Wales - the famous bluestones.
There is a lovely gentle video of him explaining his thoughts and perhaps this is the way we should remember him, alive and vivid on a Welsh hillside.
"The Healing Stones of Dyfed"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRjDQwljioU&feature=youtu.be
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tjj
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Re: Professor Geoffrey Wainwright
Mar 10, 2017, 10:19
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Thanks Moss - I remember well his theory about Stonehenge being a place of healing. As with all Stonehenge theories it was as good (and as unproven) as any.
A lovely little video and a fitting tribute. RIP Prof Geoffrey Wainwright.
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drewbhoy
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Re: Professor Geoffrey Wainwright
Mar 10, 2017, 10:35
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Cheers Moss, a nice wee video. Safe journey to him!
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Littlestone
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Edited Mar 10, 2017, 21:58
Re: Professor Geoffrey Wainwright
Mar 10, 2017, 21:55
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Nice video moss and, as you say Drew, ‘safe journey to him’. I’ll put the video link on the Bluestone Debate and Was Stonehenge a hospital? threads later. Meanwhile, let’s not forget that nine hundred year-old poem by Laymond -
The stones are great
And magic power they have
Men that are sick
Fare to that stone
And they wash that stone
And with that water bathe away their sickness
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tjj
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Re: Professor Geoffrey Wainwright
Mar 15, 2017, 17:30
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You've probably already seen this Moss - just in case you haven't.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/15/geoff-wainwright-obituary?CMP=share_btn_fb
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moss
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Re: Professor Geoffrey Wainwright
Mar 16, 2017, 07:11
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tjj wrote:
Thanks tjj, no I haven't, but a decent obituary by Timothy Darvill of a man totally immersed in his subject.
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