[Stones] The irreverent day

[Ric]

Merrewether seems to be basically suggesting that a
stone circle may well have been here:-

“In this many sarsen stones were discovered 
 casing,
as it were the mound.”

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=44274&message=567275

R


--- Thelma Wilcox <thelmawilcox at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Four small sarsen stones....
>    
>   There is a terrible sadness that lies at the heart
> of all this, the damage that has been done to
> Silbury over the centuries out of curiosity and the
> need for treasure, and then the simple truth that
> what did lie at Silbury's heart was this small mound
> surrounded by stones with simple offerings.
>   Taking the subject away from conservation for the
> moment, and focussing on the spiritual aspect, I
> believe that archaeologists have to come to terms
> with a respect for the beliefs of the past. 
> Christianity exists besides many other religious
> beliefs, secularism strides over christian belief,
> but it is still respected. Archaeologists have to
> accept and respect this extra religious dimension
> when approaching the excavation of prehistoric
> monuments that obviously have deep symbolic meaning
> in their past history. 
>   Dean Merewether for all his faults did record what
> he saw, but he was a man of the church highly
> intrigued by 'pagan' beliefs, and hardly sympathetic
> towards them.  The stones are part of Silbury
> therefore should remain inside, they would hardly
> make an elegant centrepiece in a museum anyway.  The
> damage cannot be undone and that is what so
> depressing, but if, as many of us do believe,
> Silbury has a spiritual meaning, then at least give
> it back its dignity for a 'remembered' past, and a
> peaceful future in which there are no further
> intrusions.




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