Tim Daw

@Archaeology_ws Delighted? I bet you are really chuffed.

We're delighted that we now have three choughs nesting at Tintagel, Cornwall. More to come we hope at English Heritage! theguardian.com/environment/20…

@AmandaChadburn This assumes sarsen behaves like other building stone destroyed by acid rain, freeze-thaw, biological growth etc the cycle generating ongoing demand. But sarsen doesn't weather. There's no maintenance-driven demand that would cause sarsen to be consumed.

@Timdaw And it takes 40 tonnes of stone every year to maintain Canterbury Cathedral today, so 600 tonnes would be gone in next to no time. The wonder of Stonehenge - to me - is that so much survives after 4,500 years.

Was Stonehenge ever completed in stone? The evidence from the A344 suggests not. sarsen.org/2026/05/no-sar…

@AmandaChadburn I'm not disagreeing at all, I'm just pointing out that the answer that it went into roadstone hasn't any evidence, and that we have thoroughly looked at the most likely road. Unlike limestone in Cathedrals it doesn't weather and rot away. It can't just vanish.

@Timdaw I think we have to agree to disagree on this one, Tim! That’s relatively little, especially over millennia. Look at how much material there once was in nearby Old Sarum cathedral and how little of that now remains….

@AmandaChadburn If Stonehenge was completed as is usually depicted there is now in the order of 300 tonnes of stone missing. (The visible stones are estimated to weigh 681 tonnes.)

@Timdaw I completely get your argument but I just don’t feel it’s strong. Stonehenge is a relatively small monument and there is little material to remove, unlike a castle. This material could …. /2

@AmandaChadburn It would be worthwhile coring into the embankment that crosses Stonehenge bottom, that is the obvious place where large stones could have been used to cross a wet area.

@Timdaw Not sure I agree. This is a big assumption: “If … missing or fallen stones from Stonehenge were broken up for road metal or hardcore, especially for this road so proximate to the site, we WOULD EXPECT to see traces in the sections meticulously excavated and recorded”. Why?

@davidjmcarson1 Thanks, I'm surprised that I can't see that the evidence has been interpreted this way before.

@Timdaw Very interesting Tim👍🏻

@nickfshort @davidjmcarson1 Minister for defence?

Enough is enough. I'm here to take over.

@AmandaChadburn Substack seems to work well for that. A dedicated website is a lot more hassle and indicates a long term commitment to writing.

Advice needed please! Have written a few blogs recently, often expanded versions of my tweets. Most have photos. Most are heritage related. Should I publish them - and if so, should I make a dedicated website or should I post on Subst*ck or similar?

Julian Richards Stonehenge Access All Areas videos will have 11 episodes, subscribe so you don't miss any. (Background image is from the Spinal Tap concert at the stones last year). youtu.be/zSu4idYI5cE?si…

@davidjmcarson1 @BigBearF1 Can we just ban old people for supermarkets?

@BigBearF1 👍🏻😂

Does anyone else get road rage walking behind slow people at the supermarket? 😬

@SueGreaney new Stonehenge book "Story of an Icon" I'm looking forward to reading my copy. @WiltshireMuseum will probably have copies.

I started with a 14.4 kps modern here...

Is today the day to admit I have never seen a Star Wars film?

Stonehenge Access All Areas - Film 1 The ultimate Stonehenge film series from Julian Richards - watch and subscribe. youtube.com/watch?v=zSu4id…

Stonehenge: Access All Areas - coming very soon... …ndscapeandmonumentality.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/sto…

@AmandaChadburn @weborguk worked it, it is up at Knighton Down. Trees have spoilt the view since, as they tend to do.

@Timdaw Where exactly was it filmed? Do we know?

Stonehenge, 61 years ago today. youtu.be/d2FIKMwhf4w