[Stones] Avebury ditch and bank

[stuart anthony]

Hello george, or anyone who knows.   Is it possible to get inside the 
Newgrange mound on a normal (ie not midwinter sunrise) visit without buying 
one of those lottery ticket thingies?  I might have a chance to visit the 
place soon and would like to know if I can get inside.

What other ancient sites  are worth visiting between Belfast and Dublin?

Thanks in advance

stuart


>From: "George Currie" <george at currie22.freeserve.co.uk>
>Reply-To: The Stones Mailing List <stones at henge.org.uk>
>To: "The Stones Mailing List" <stones at henge.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Stones] Avebury ditch and bank Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 
>10:52:51 +0100
>
>     hello Ric ,  I don't think I'm alone in viewing the Newgrange 
>restoration as a bit imaginative  , tourists love it but the reasoning for 
>believing that the entrance was anything like the present facade is very 
>flimsy .Buying an entry ticket allows you to enter the draw for the 
>midwinter "event" .
>
>           george
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Ric
>   To: The Stones Mailing List
>   Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:48 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Stones] Avebury ditch and bank
>
>
>   i couldn't agree less - sensitive restoration is the way forward - look 
>at the restored Newgrange, there are so many people queuing up to get 
>inside, you need to buy a lottery ticket just to be one of them!
>
>   :-|
>
>   NIGELSWIFT at aol.com wrote:
>     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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