British geologist Herbert Henry Thomas’ seminal study on Stonehenge was wrong

Re:British geologist Herbert Henry Thomas’ seminal study on ... by coldtea on Sunday July 08, 2018 @09:04AM (#17483581)

>"Spectacularly wrong" here appears to mean that he correctly identified that the bluestones came from the Preseli hills almost 200 miles from Stonehenge (and was the first to do so), but didn't get quite the right outcrop.

200 miles inside of England is like him pointing to Guatemala instead of Iowa.

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Re:British geologist Herbert Henry Thomas’ seminal study on ... by dEnigma on Sunday July 08, 2018 @09:11AM (#17483609)

He wasn't off by 200 miles. That's just how far the source of the stones is away (both the location he gave and the new one). You should probably read the comment again.

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Re:British geologist Herbert Henry Thomas’ seminal study on ... by coldtea on Sunday July 08, 2018 @09:26AM (#17483674)

Oh, I got that wrong while reading the article too then.

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Re:British geologist Herbert Henry Thomas’ seminal study on ... by dEnigma on Sunday July 08, 2018 @06:20PM (#17486590)

Yeah,the article is worded very poorly (misleadingly?). I just measured the distance between the location Thomas originally gave (Carn Menyn) and one of the two new locations (Craig Rhos-y-felin) and it's about 4.5 kilometers.

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