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How Waun Mawn stone circle was designed and built, and when the Bluestones arrived at Stonehenge: a response to Darvill

How Waun Mawn stone circle was designed and built, and when the Bluestones arrived at Stonehenge: a response to Darvill
How Waun Mawn stone circle was designed and built, and when the Bluestones arrived at Stonehenge: a response to Darvill
In response to Timothy Darvill’s article, ‘Mythical rings?’ (this issue), which argues for an alternative interpretation of Waun Mawn circle and its relationship with Stonehenge, Parker Pearson and colleagues report new evidence from the Welsh site and elaborate on aspects of their original argument. The discovery of a hearth at the centre of the circle, as well as further features around its circumference, reinforces the authors’ original interpretation. The authors explore the evidence for the construction sequence, which was abandoned before the completion of the monument. Contesting Darvill’s argument that the Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge originally held posts, the authors reassert their interpretation of this circle of cut features as Bluestone settings
Stonehenge, UK, Waun Mawn, stone circles
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Parker Pearson, Mike, Pollard, Josh, Richards, Colin, Welham, Kate, Kinnaird, Timothy, Srivastava, Aayush, Casswell, Chris, Shaw, Dave, Simmonds, Ellen, Stanford, Adam, Bevins, Richard, Ixer, Rob, Ruggles, Clive, Rylatt, Jim and Edinborough, Kevan (2022) How Waun Mawn stone circle was designed and built, and when the Bluestones arrived at Stonehenge: a response to Darvill. Antiquity, 96 (390), 1530-1537. (doi:10.15184/aqy.2022.132).

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In response to Timothy Darvill’s article, ‘Mythical rings?’ (this issue), which argues for an alternative interpretation of Waun Mawn circle and its relationship with Stonehenge, Parker Pearson and colleagues report new evidence from the Welsh site and elaborate on aspects of their original argument. The discovery of a hearth at the centre of the circle, as well as further features around its circumference, reinforces the authors’ original interpretation. The authors explore the evidence for the construction sequence, which was abandoned before the completion of the monument. Contesting Darvill’s argument that the Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge originally held posts, the authors reassert their interpretation of this circle of cut features as Bluestone settings

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Accepted/In Press date: 5 August 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 November 2022
Published date: 1 December 2022
Keywords: Stonehenge, UK, Waun Mawn, stone circles

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Local EPrints ID: 484538
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/484538
ISSN: 0003-598X
PURE UUID: 0fea7b84-9001-4487-a53c-81d47b6d35fd
ORCID for Josh Pollard: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8429-2009

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Date deposited: 16 Nov 2023 14:46
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:48

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Author: Mike Parker Pearson
Author: Josh Pollard ORCID iD
Author: Colin Richards
Author: Kate Welham
Author: Timothy Kinnaird
Author: Aayush Srivastava
Author: Chris Casswell
Author: Dave Shaw
Author: Ellen Simmonds
Author: Adam Stanford
Author: Richard Bevins
Author: Rob Ixer
Author: Clive Ruggles
Author: Jim Rylatt
Author: Kevan Edinborough

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