[Stones] Avebury ditch and bank

[NIGELSWIFT at aol.com]

In a message dated 26/06/2006 21:09:12 GMT Standard Time,  
megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk writes:

i would  actually like to see the ditch and berm restored at Avebury - why? - 
because  it is awesome in a way that a jumbo jet, though huge, isn't: and  we 
need that sense of awe in our lives, it elevates our quality of life  
experience, our raison d'être 



Nah, better not. It would effectively be a reconstruction and all the magic  
would drain out of it.Most of the Spirit of Place at these sites comes from 
the  fact that the hands of nature and Time have been laid upon them. If you  
re-excavate the ditch then logically you should straighten the stones and scrub  
the lichen off them. There's a clean, straight modern circle in Dudley and it 
 stinks.
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