Look Mead

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Blick Mead is a spring pond , which is located in a chalk ground near Wiltshire , England .

The spring water has a constant temperature of around 11 ° C all year round, so the spring never freezes. Nearby is an Iron Age fortress known as Vespasian's Camp . The Stonehenge stone circle is about 1.5 km away. The excavations at the source that have been carried out since 2005 have shown that people have settled here sporadically 10,000 years ago and permanently for 6000 years. 35,000 worked flint artifacts and 2,400 animal bones were found on the site . The bones come mainly from aurochs and are partially cooked. Remains of a pit house were also found that could be used for C14 dating of the site. In addition to the attractive settlement site at a warm spring, the early settlers are likely to have been attracted by an extraordinary natural phenomenon. In spring, the rare alga Hildenbrandia rivularis multiplies in the spring. At this time of year, stones from the spring pot turn bright red in the air within hours. It can be assumed that this circumstance was regarded as magical by the early settlers . The source's proximity to the Stonehenge stone circle has led to speculation that Blick Mead was the original attraction that drew people to the area.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carly Hilts: Vespasian's Camp: Cradle of Stonehenge. Current Archeology. April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. ^ The New Discoveries at Blick Mead: the Key to the Stonehenge Landscape. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Professor David Jacques FSA (September 21, 2016). 'The Cradle of Stonehenge'? Blick Mead - a Mesolithic Site in the Stonehenge Landscape -Lecture Transcript. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ StonehengeNews (January 15, 2017). The Blick Mead excavations have transformed the understanding of the Stonehenge landscape. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 38.5 "  N , 1 ° 47 ′ 16.2"  W.