TV Series

Series Name:	Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed
Format:	TV Series
Years:	2021
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Genre:	Documentary, History, Mystery
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	3 Have Seen
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Selected Cast	Professor Alice Roberts as Herself - Presenter / Narrator

Notes

Professor Alice Roberts follows a decade-long historical quest to reveal a hidden secret of the famous bluestones of Stonehenge.

Using cutting-edge research, a dedicated team of archaeologists led by Professor Mike Parker Pearson have painstakingly compiled evidence to fill in a 400-year gap in our knowledge of the bluestones, and to show that the original stones of Britain’s most iconic monument had a previous life.

Alice joins Mike as they put together the final pieces of the puzzle, not just revealing where the stones came from, how they were moved from Wales to England or even who dragged them all the way, but also solving one of the toughest challenges that archaeologists face.

First Shown BBC 2 - 21:00 - 12/02/2021

Comments and Reviews


Magic Marmalade 17th Feb 2021		Probably a lot simpler than you'd imagine Quad... (In terms of construction principle, even though there's still work involved) ... My own theory is simply this: Dig a ditch... Drag and drop stones in it, then pull them upright... Then back fill / bury them with only the tops of these uprights showing level with the surrounding ground... Then drag lintel / capstones onto them until they are in position... ... Then finally, excavate the surrounding earth to new ground level. Other than dragging the stones, any group of people with a bucket and spade, and enough time, can remove the earth. (Certainly easier than hosting 30 ton stones 30 feet in the air with hypothetical, fantastical lifting kit) Al you need is cows, cows, cows :) Now look at Avebury... Measure depth of ditch, and compare with height of great sarsens at Stonehenge.



Quad5point1 SUBS 16th Feb 2021		I took it to be an educational thing just for the kids involved but I do agree that showing it time and again on archeological programmes does get a bit tedious. What I would love explained, or even better demonstrated, is how they managed to get the massive capping blocks on top of the uprights. I've seen explanations for how they built the Pyramids but not Stonehenge.



Magic Marmalade 16th Feb 2021		Great new research, but honestly, if I see another "reconstruction" of people attempting to move large heavy stones with ropes, I think I'll scream! The Aurochs was an animal related to modern cows, but much larger... and seeing it is estimated that in general, a four legged beasty can pull about one and a half times it's own body weight, I'd like to think that the people who were smart enough at least to build these monuments in the first place were smart enough not to try and lug them with multitudes of men themselves, but use these huge animals instead. 500 men, or a few Aurochs' (?)

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