[Stones] Avebury ditch and bank

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In a message dated 26/06/2006 22:08:17 GMT Standard Time,  
littlestone at supanet.com writes:

Ahh, but did you feel that way  about Foamhenge? Wasn't there something about 
that modern reconstruction that  even eclipsed the original? What was it? Not 
the time-honoured patina of some  several millennia but a glimpse back, 
perhaps, to what Stonehenge might  have been :-)



Yes, Foamhenge was stunning. And yes, it was a glimpse back - in fact a  huge 
smack in the face - but in a very specific way. When the circle is complete  
and you stand in the middle there's an overwhelming sense of the rightness of  
the proportionality. That was a huge surprise, something you just don't pick 
up  from the original. It was a real loss when it was allowed to rot. So what 
are  you going to do, insert polystyrene sarsens in the gaps in the  original?
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