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Wednesday 27 June 2018

Stonehenge Alliance....exposed!!


Thank you to my friend Dr Andy Shuttleworth for this exposé
Thank you to my friend Dr Andy Shuttleworth for this exposé
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We've been increasingly amused and bemused, in roughly equal measure, by the Stonehenge Alliance's ever more plaintiff bleatings on the subject of the A303 Stonehenge to Berwick Down scheme and especially the tunnel. We wondered who the Stonehenge Alliance actually influenced and who they were influenced by. To do this, we employed a nifty bit of Social Network analysis software that has been used to debunk many of the recent "fake news" stories. Quite fitting really.
When you look at the Stonehenge Alliance's social network, it looks a bit like a web and that's what it is - a web of interactions with other websites. The first map shows the first 600 links to and from their website. If you look top and centre, you will see node 116 for instance - that turns out to be the home page of the Mail on Sunday website. In fact, most of the major links to and from the Stonehenge Alliance website seem to be the Daily Mail. We ran the analysis a second time, but removing the links to the Daily Mail and Sunday Mail. This time all the major linkages were to and from the Archaeology Department at University College London. That might suggest that the Stonehenge Alliance is less of an alliance and more of a self-licking lollipop; generating populist news stories and then feeding off and believing your own propaganda......

Wednesday 13 June 2018

Summer Solstice 2018

I was not available to attend this year's briefing for Summer Solstice so, thank you to my learned friend from Winterbourne Stoke for these details....and now I'll tell the world....have a good one!!
English Heritage have announced the following arrangements for Summer Solstice 2018.   Full details and links can be found at their website here and by clicking on the highlighted links below
Visitors watching the sun rise over Stonehenge at summer Solstice
Please note that last normal day admissions to Stonehenge is on Wednesday 20 June at 13:00 and the site will close at 15:00 in preparation for Summer Solstice Managed Open Access. Stonehenge is closed on Thursday 21 June and will re-open at 09:00 on Friday 22nd June.
English Heritage is pleased to provide free Managed Open Access to Stonehenge for Summer Solstice. We ask that if you are planning to join us for this peaceful and special occasion that you read the Conditions of Entry and the information provided on the following pages before deciding whether to come.
Stonehenge is a significant World Heritage Site and to many it is sacred – please respect the stones and all those who are attending.
Admission to the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge is free of charge.  We hope the weather will be kind and wish you a peaceful and celebratory solstice.
WEDNESDAY 20 JUNE
SOLSTICE CAR PARK OPENS 19.00 hours
ACCESS TO STONEHENGE MONUMENT FIELD 19.00 hours
SUNSET 21.26 hours
THURSDAY 21 JUNE
SUNRISE  04.52 hours
LAST ADMISSION TO SOLSTICE CAR PARK 06.00 hours (or when full)
STONEHENGE MONUMENT FIELD CLOSES 08.00 hours
SOLSTICE CAR PARK TO BE VACATED 12.00 hours (Noon)
For further information about Managed Open Access for Summer Solstice at Stonehenge, please call English Heritage Customer Services Solstice Information Hotline on 0370 333 1181.
Follow @eh_stonehenge on Twitter for live information during the Summer Solstice.

Tuesday 5 June 2018

MP out of area rocking the boat

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Using this link, go to "Proposed road alteration around Stonehenge" on the right hand side:

https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6d042e0https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6d042e02-


Yes, long winded it may be, but the debate in Westminster Hall today, which was called by one Alex Burghart MP for Ongar, who was seeking assurances that in his considered opinion, the archaeology of inter alia Blick Mead, would not be damaged in the efforts to upgrade the A303 past Stonehenge. It is most unusual for an MP to call a debate "out of area", and as a minister our own johnglen.org.uk John Glen MP although in attendance in the chamber during said debate, was not allowed to take part. Having said that, he had obviously briefed a colleague who was allowed to get up and so, there seemed to be some sort of balance. In my opinion, Alex Burghart in calling this debate, had been given misleading information by our friends at Stonehenge Alliance and their cronies, and all of the detail had already been covered within the recent consultation from Highways England. I leave you to find out how the debate ended.......I did wonder however, who the "Scientific Committee for the A303 at Stonehenge" were...so here they are and supposed to be independent. http://a303scientificcommittee.org.uk/ 'fraid that didn't come across in the debate from Mr Burghart, but then he has been fed a line as previously mentioned.