Tag Archives: Stonehenge

Stonehenge and Another Failing of Science.

Posted on February 21, 2019 by eternalidol

Back in 2004 or thereabouts, after I’d left Wessex Archaeology and before I started my Eternal Idol site, I wrote a book on Stonehenge provisionally entitled A Glimpse of the Great Beyond, a work based on my absolute conviction that one … Continue reading →

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The Heresy of Stonehenge and the Mesolithic

Posted on September 8, 2017 by eternalidol

  A few days ago, I came across an observation in a lengthy essay in The Guardian that was so good and so insightful that I still find it hard to believe it had not been made long ago, or … Continue reading →

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The Dark Magic of the Msoura Ring

Posted on August 7, 2017 by eternalidol

“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick In the north of Morocco, in the countryside south of Tangier, is an … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Fairy Origins of “Eldritch”.

Posted on July 20, 2017 by eternalidol

I have been familiar with the word ‘eldritch’ for decades, as a result of seeing it appear in the incomparable works of the horror fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft. Knowing Lovecraft’s fondness for what most people today would consider to be … Continue reading →

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The Stonehenge Tunnel – “This is the business we have chosen”.

Posted on March 12, 2017 by eternalidol

Once this latest farce has run its full course, I would imagine that most observers would regard the saga of the Stonehenge Tunnel to be little more than another short-lived episode in the history of the ruins on the plain, … Continue reading →

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ICOMOS-UK

Posted on February 20, 2017 by eternalidol

Earlier today, I was delighted to receive a handsome membership card confirming that I am now a member of the UK branch of ICOMOS, so I look forward to gradually finding my place within this organisation and working to help … Continue reading →

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Bleak House: the New Language of Stonehenge

Posted on January 20, 2017 by eternalidol

It may perhaps not be to everyone’s taste, but I’ve always enjoyed poring over the essay by William Hazlitt entitled “On Going a Journey” if for no other reason than that the author can barely contain his enthusiasm for writing … Continue reading →

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A Solution to the “LV Question Mark” on Stone 156?

Posted on January 16, 2017 by eternalidol

A few days ago, I was drawn to look at Simon Banton’s excellent Stonehenge Monument site and I saw this intriguing article dealing with what was described as the “LV Question Mark” on Stone 156. The detailed, lengthy post consists … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Richard Cavendish, genius author of The Black Arts

Posted on November 16, 2016 by eternalidol

I do not know of a single person who has not suffered in some way during 2016, not only on account of one or more of their cultural or childhood heroes dying, but also because of the way they perceive … Continue reading →

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Hazlitt on Coleridge; Lovecraft and Stonehenge

Posted on November 2, 2016 by eternalidol

A few days ago, while I was attempting to get the piles of books here in my study into some kind of order, I was delighted to rediscover my aged, hardback copy of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The … Continue reading →

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