19th July 2012, 12:59 PM
P Prentice Wrote:i was referring to causewayed camps and henges - hope you are not?
not specifically. But monuments yes.
I was struck by an idea that wont go away when visiting the Kilmartin area in Scotland. Its a big (ish) area with loads of chambered cains, stone circles etc that was discovered beneath a big area of peat in the 18th or 19th century....can't remember the details but remember looking out over the valley and thinking.....
'i wonder if this is a special area like down south in Wiltshire......Or is is special only in terms of preservation and later land use. Did this area under the peat represent what most of the region (and country) was like before thousands of years of ploughing destroyed most monuments except those that survived by accident, whim, or by design?'