[Stones] JL Macadam - The Foe of Stonehenge

[Tim P]

Thanks Thelma, Andy

Obviously, it is to do with road making, but I was curious if there was 
a specific attributable event which gave rise to the title, as opposed 
to those following Macadam's insistence on a specific method of 
construction (smashing existing road surfaces into small pieces, and 
re-laying them, or else using materials close to hand...)

Cheers

Tim

Andy Norfolk wrote:
> Tim P wrote:
>> Earlier in the year I read (most of) Reader's readable biography of J 
>> L Macadam. I asked this question on Britarch, but it sank without 
>> trace; I think it was posted in the middle of one of the perennial 
>> metal-detecting debates, and got lost in that.
>>
>> Anyway, a poem is cited therein (Thomas Hood, 1825) which which 
>> refers to Macadam as "The Foe of Stonehenge".
>>
>> Out of curiosity, would anyone know upon what grounds Macadam had 
>> this title attributed to him? 
> This the Macadam who invented an improved road construction technique 
> which involved breaking and grading stones. Perhaps it was the impetus 
> this gave to quarrying and breaking up of stone that is behind this 
> nickname?
>
> Andy N