The Stonehenge Bluestone Debate - What do we really know in 2024? - Documentary

In this video we delve into the great Stonehenge Bluestone Debate... questioning what we know about how a varied collection of ‘bluestones’ made their way from the Preseli Hills to the Salisbury Plain… have we been told the whole story?

We start with a brief history of the last 400 years at the iconic monument, exploring research by antiquarians, archaeologists and geologists… demonstrating how professional and public opinion has changed over time and sharing our own journey through the last three decades of media coverage

Over the last decade, the topic has been dominated by claims made by Professor Mike Parker Pearson, involving ‘bluestone quarries’ at Craig Rhos Y Felin and Carn Goedog, and a huge stone circle at Waun Mawn… claims that were reported as fact by a wide range of media outlets, predominantly during the 2021 BBC documentary “Stonehenge – The Lost Circle Revealed”

Because of the massive impact this BBC documentary had on public opinion... we felt we couldn’t properly address this topic without properly addressing the way in which evidence was interpreted throughout the documentary… showing examples from the show, we explore the other legitimate interpretations available and tentatively offer our own conclusions

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BBC: “Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed” - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000...
YouTube: “Plasingli” - “The Myth of the Bluestone Quarries” -    • The Myth of the Bluestone Quarries  
YouTube: “Diwrnod Archaeoleg - Archaeology Day” - “Pedwaredd Sgwrs y Pnawn - Diwrnod Archaeoleg 2020 Archaeology Day - Fourth Talk of the Afternoon”
Key Profiles and Papers From “Research Gate” and various sources:
Brian John - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... - https://brian-mountainman.blogspot.com/
Mike P Pearson - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... - https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Darvill Mythical Rings - https://www.cambridge.org/core/servic...
A response to Darvill - https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
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VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
3:55 Channel Intro
4:20 A Brief History of Stonehenge
14:47 1971
18:29 2008
30:30 Analysing BBC’s “The Lost Circle Revealed”
1:01:38 Conclusion