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Garry Denke
The Climate of Prehistoric Britain
http://antiquity.ac.uk/Ant/001/0412/Ant0010412.pdf

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Denke's Stonehenge Snow Fence Confirmed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...neighbours.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...er-classes.html
http://www.britainnews.net/story/401304

Denke's Stonehenge Snow Fence was a structure used to force drifting of snow to occur in a predictable place on Salisbury Plain, rather than in a more natural method. Denke's Stonehenge Snow Fence was employed to minimize the amount of snowdrift over Stonehenge fields. Ancient farmers and ranchers used Denke's Stonehenge Snow Fence to create large drifts for a ready supply of water in the spring.

Denke's Stonehenge Snow Fence was constructed of large Oak Wooden Poles set deeply into the ground with large Oak Wooden Planks running vertically across them. The drifting of snow behind Denke's Stonehenge Snow Fence followed the laws of physics as the pressure on the downwind side was less than that on the windward side, which allowed the light material snow (and Luau leaves) to settle there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_fence

Garry W. Denke
Geologist/Geophysicist

http://www.garrydenke.com
http://www.denocoinc.com

The Climate of Prehistoric Britain
http://antiquity.ac.uk/Ant/001/0412/Ant0010412.pdf

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Garry Denke
20ft British Petroleum Snow Fence Confirmed

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of what they believe to be a 20ft fence designed to screen Stonehenge from the view of unworthy Stone Age Britons.

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The dig's co-director Dr Josh Pollard, of Bristol University, said: "The construction must have taken a lot of manpower. The palisade is an open structure which would not have been defensive and was too high to be practical for controlling livestock. It certainly wasn’t for hunting herded animals and so, like everything else in this ceremonial landscape, we have to believe it must have had a religious significance. The most plausible explanation is that it was built at huge cost to the community to screen the environs of Stonehenge from view. Basically, we think it was to keep the lower classes from seeing what exactly their rulers and the priestly class were doing."

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Mike Pitts, editor of British Archaeology Magazine and author of the book Hengeworld, said: "This is a fantastic insight into what the landscape would have looked like. This huge wooden palisade would have snaked across the landscape, blotting out views to Stonehenge from one side. The other side was the ceremonial route to the Henge from the River Avon and would have been shielded by the contours. The palisade would have heightened the mystery of whatever ceremonies were performed and it would have endowed those who were privy to those secrets with more power and prestige. In modern terms, you had to be invited or have a ticket to get in."

20ft British Petroleum Snow Fence Confirmed

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tikay
Interesting stuff Garry! Thanks for posting.

Oh and thanks for this:

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/
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wcelliott
Snow fence or Palisades?

Many of the towns of that era had circular "barrows" made up of wooden posts arranged in a circle, the posts spaced just wide enough for people to squeeze past. I think they're the precursors of courts, where criminals were tried. They had crime back then, too. They had to have someplace to try the suspects to see if they were guilty. A trial is an emotional process, and involves the loved-ones on both sides of the issue. You'd need a way to allow the interested parties to watch the witnesses testify for themselves, yet also maintain order to keep the angry mob at-bay. We have bailiffs for that now, but court rooms are now more tightly access-controlled.
Garry Denke
Cursus Snow Fences

I cannot even turn a computer on. But dentist Doctor Garry Whilhelm Denke (1622-1699), the historian and antiquarian of late prehistoric British Isles coal exploration, has only one theory in his German Diary embracing Cursus Palisades (Cursus Snow Fences; such as Rudston Cursus Snow Fences in Yorkshire, the Fornham All Saints Curses Snow Fence in Suffolk, the Cleaven Dyke Cursus Snow Fence in Perthshire, the Dorset Cursus Snow Fences in Dorsetshire, and the Great Cursus Snow Fence in Wiltshire. Each first parallel ditch of Cursus Palisades (Cursus Snow Fences) was a coal exploration, and each second parallel ditch of Cursus Palisades (Cursus Snow Fences) completed a snow fence construction.

According to Dr. Garry Whilhelm Denke's German Diary, as translated by Mammy Tree Harry (scholar), the older stone Cursus Snow Fences (dating from around 3800 BC) and the newer wood Stonehenge Palisade (dating from around 3000 BC) i.e, Denke's Stonehenge Snow Fence, are not mysterious British Isles earthworks of the Neolithic landscape. After their initial coal exploration purpose, they (snow fences) were invented by Salisbury Plain farmers and ranchers attempting to survive in a harsh climate. 5,000-year-old Stonehenge Superbowl wintertime snow drifts were practically eliminated by Stonehenge Snow Fence, which doubled in summertime as the adjacent Stonehenge Baseball Park's outfield fence.

So, as you can see, there is one non-religious theory. Unfortunately, both Michaels (Pitts and Pearson) claim that no agricultural (farming and ranching) production of goods through the growing of plants and the raising of domesticated animals occurred on Salisbury Plain during the Neolithic. According to them (and other British archaeologists), there was absolutely no need for any agriculture, thus British Isles snow fences are ruled out. Cultivation of crops on Salisbury Plain arable land, and pastoral herding of livestock on Salisbury Plain rangeland, simply did not occur during the Stone Age they say. No, "like everything else in this ceremonial landscape, we have to believe it must have had a religious significance".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_fence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowmelt
wcelliott
There are at least *two* non-religious rationales for Stonehenge, if you include mine, which is that it served as a "court/UN" where disputes are resolved by talking things out rather than going to war. The structure would've derived from "barrows", which served as courts (IMO). They had crimes back then, and so it follows that they'd have structures that served as courts. Barrows, IMO, were local courts erected for local crimes, Stonehenge was constructed to resolve disputes between adjacent kingdoms, with representatives from all local kingdoms standing before their respective bluestones.

Functional, not religious.
TheDoc
Garry, I thought you said Stonehenge was a football pitch?
Garry Denke
Stonehenge Luau

Now they say livestock was at Stonehenge

Stone-age pilgrims 'held barbecues at Stonehenge' - Telegraph
'Bring your own barbecues' were popular at Stonehenge 5,000 years ago | Mail Online
Stone-age tribesmen 'held barbecues at Stonehenge' - mirror.co.uk

And that Stonehenge Luau evidence exists

Maybe farming too
Garry Denke
QUOTE (wcelliott+Sep 10 2008, 02:25 PM)
There are at least *two* non-religious rationales for Stonehenge, if you include mine, which is that it served as a "court/UN" where disputes are resolved by talking things out rather than going to war.  The structure would've derived from "barrows", which served as courts (IMO).  They had crimes back then, and so it follows that they'd have structures that served as courts.  Barrows, IMO, were local courts erected for local crimes, Stonehenge was constructed to resolve disputes between adjacent kingdoms, with representatives from all local kingdoms standing before their respective bluestones.

Functional, not religious.

Stonehenge Cursus Snow Fences

Dr Garry Denke's core samples of Stonehenge Palisade Snow Fence postholes nearest Heelstone Ditch dated the first Neolithic snow fence (~3000 BC). The wooden Neolithic palisade (Oak) snow fence posts and rails were replaced several times, up to the Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age.

Wood fence posts and rails rotted rather quickly, considering they were buried in Stonehenge snowmelt. Fortunately, stone type Cursus Snow Fences were made of more durable rocks. Stonehenge Palisade Snow Fence was taller because large livestock populations required Spring water.

Prof Mike Parker Pearson (Univeristy of Sheffield), Prof Julian Thomas (University of Manchester), Dr Joshua Pollard University of Bristol), Dr Colin Richards (University of Manchester), Chris Tilley (University College London), and Dr Kate Welham (Bournemouth University), claim otherwise.

Interesting enough it still snows at Stonehenge:
however; not as much as it did 5,000 years ago


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Avenue and Cursus ditches: Spring stock ponds

Stonehenge Partiers Came From Afar, Cattle Teeth Show

Dr Garry Denke (1622-1699)
Garry Denke
Snow Henge

We'll never know how Wood and Stone got to Snow Henge.

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Never. Not ever. Never ever.

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Garry Denke
Stonehenge-Cursus Snow Fences

Here diagrams of Stonehenge-Cursus Snow Fences.

The Cursus Snow Fence
Stonehenge Snow Fence
2008 Snow Palisade Digs

Stonehenge-Cursus Snow Fences trend NE-SW.
Garry Denke
Stone Age Weather Maps

Assuming that ancient meteorologists oriented Stonehenge / Cursus snow fences of the British Isles and their long side dugouts ideally, Stone Age snow fence orientations are perpendicular to the prevailing cold front / arctic wind directions at each locality. The prevailing wind directions before the construction of Stonehenge / Cursus snow fences, determined by ancient meteorologists observing the orientations of Stone Age snow drifts along natural local obstructions, is predicted.

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Studies have shown that a snow fence is no less effective if the wind direction deviates up to 25 degrees from the perpendicular to the snow fence. Given the quantity of Stonehenge / Cursus snow fences in the British Isles, perhaps meteorologists could predict Stone Age weather? Maybe even build some Stone Age Weather Maps? Note: In ~500 year period Stonehenge / Cursus cold front / arctic wind directions changed. The snow fences' azimuths are not exactly parallel.

BBC - Weather Centre - UK Weather
Garry Denke
Coralling Snow

Some benefits of coralling snow:

1) Water for agriculture (farming and ranching).
2) Snowmelt saved trips for river drinking water.
3) Deep snow travel between villages eliminated.

The frequency of cursus snow fences increases northward as expected,
more than fifty (50) Scotland cursus snow fences have been identified:

British Archaeology, no 44, May 1999: Features
British Archaeology magazine, March 2003

Snow fencing 6,000 years old!
tikay
QUOTE (Garry Denke+Sep 18 2008, 01:15 AM)
Snow Henge

We'll never know how Wood and Stone got to Snow Henge.

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Never. Not ever. Never ever.

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That was a hardcore haul...wow! I hope they fed those beasts well!

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Insofar as those pot-luck, celebrations...I figure it was like a Renaissance Fair....but you know...real?

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Garry Denke
UK Cursus Snow Fences

Journal of Climate
American Meteorological Society
Volume 10, Issue 1 (January 1997)

A GCM Simulation of the Climate 6000 Years Ago
Nicholas M. J. Hall and Paul J. Valdes
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT
Two 10-yr integrations of the UGAMP GCM are presented. Each has a full seasonal cycle, T42 resolution, interactive land and sea ice, and prescribed sea surface temperatures. They differ in that one integration represents present day climate (PD) and the other has a perturbed orbit and reduced atmospheric concentrations of CO2 appropriate to the climate of 6000 years ago (6 kyr, hereafter 6k). The 6k integration produces enhanced continental warmth during summer and cold during winter. Changes in atmospheric temperature gradients brought about by the surface response lead to altered jet stream structures and transient eddy activity, which in turn affect precipitation patterns. Tropical “monsoon”-type circulation patterns are also affected, also leading to altered precipitation. Many of the changes in hydrology mimic the geological record remarkably well: the Sahel is much wetter, as are the midwestern United States and the Mediterranean regions; California and northern Europe are drier. Processes leading to the model’s surface responses in both temperature and hydrology are described in detail. Finally, the sensitivity of the results to an alternative, objective definition of the 6k calendar is investigated. This sensitivity is found to be smaller than the overall signal to the extent that the principal conclusions are not altered.
http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?reques...442-10-1-3-F03E

Snow Fences: Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England; 200 Cursus
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/cursus.htm
United Kingdom Cursus Snow Fences

North of these Rocks lies a Great snow fence...
- Dr. Garry Denke 1656 Diary
photojack
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Stonehenge was place of healing for sick pilgrims, experts say.
From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_...tain_stonehenge

UK experts say Stonehenge was place of healing.

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER

LONDON - "The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday 9-22-08.

Archaeologists Geoffrey Wainwright and Timothy Darvill said the content of graves scattered around the monument and the ancient chipping of its rocks to produce amulets indicated that Stonehenge was the primeval equivalent of Lourdes, the French shrine venerated for its supposed ability to cure the sick.

An unusual number of skeletons recovered from the area showed signs of serious disease or injury. Analysis of their teeth showed that about half were from outside the Stonehenge area." From the source listed above.

wcelliott, It was most assuredly religious and had the widely known archeo-astronomical alignments to the Summer Solstice. The recently plotted "Woodhenge" had its alignment to the Winter Solstice. Denke's "snow fences" are more realistically and widely presumed to be barricades keeping the masses from seeing or entering the interior "sacred" portions of the site. That was borne out in the well researched, recent National Geographic article. While it might be fun to speculate wildly as you have done, my bets are with the learned archaeologists and long-time researchers. Do you still seriously think that the pyramids were water storage "cisterns"? ((laugh.gif))
Garry Denke
Dig pinpoints Stonehenge origins

QUOTE (Unregistered+ Sep 23 2008, 12:25 AM)
So after Joseph Of Arimethea had finished building his little chapel near Glastonbury, he put the last few bits of fill in his pocket. Travelling England he came across some big stones staning in a circle. Digging under one of the stone he threw in the few bits of fill that he had in his pocket. Wandering away he giggled to himself, "In a couple of thousand years time some bleeding idiots are gonna think it wasn't built last week."

Well thank the LORD that Darvill, Wainwright, OU, Timewatch, Smithsonian's battleside says Stonehenge is a "Place of Healing", not succumbing to that Parker Pearson, Time Team, National Geographic's battleside saying Stonehenge is a "Place of Death". When Joseph Of Arimithea returns to "one of the stone he threw in the few bits of fill that he had in his pocket", he giggles:

"Let the Healing begin, Again."
tikay
I can easily believe that Stonehenges original purpose was for Astronomocal time-keeping and observance of equinoxes, and healing, but it is also highly likely as well, that in time it served the masses in the way that Gary has proposed.
Garry Denke
Re: Stonehenge Hospital

Researchers Disagree About Age, Purpose of Stonehenge

I see that Pearson, Pitts and Richards have proven, a) SH did not begin as a cemetery and, b) SH did not begin as a wooden building. No bones were in any of the 56 Aubrey Holes at first, they were full of 56 Pembrokeshire Blue Stone. Those 3000 BC bones had to be buried after Blue Stone was removed. That makes their SH arrival date earlier (3100 BC) coinciding with the Ditch surrounding them. Pearson, Pitts and Richards might consider 3100 BC Pembrokeshire Blue Coal (anthracite) explorers from Preseli Hills marking SH fast silting-in Ditch coal duster with 56 Pembrokeshire Blue Stone (volcanics) who abandoned the duster later which became their cemetery. Wainwright and Darvill might consider this also since that is what happened (great Cursus Coal Cache found). In 7 days Public Consultation of the Future of SH will end. Lt-Col William Hawley and Robert Newall original 1920s evidence (56 'X' Holes) first holding Blue Stone has been confirmed. Scroll Trench was also a Hawley and Newall discovery West-SW of Heelstone (unfinished). Will it be Pearson, Pitts and Richards digging up the Arc Trench ending? or will it be Wainwright and Darvill digging up the Arc Trench ending? SH is just Stonehenge? or SH is Stonehenge Hospital? In 7 days.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Scroll Trench

Garry Denke
Garry Denke
Stonehenge Not A Cemetery:

The Royal Society of Medicine has already proven Geoff Wainwright, Timothy Darvill and Timewatch: Stonehenge team's healing theory true inside 9,000-year-old Stonehenge Hospital healing centre with ancient Stillborn Baby Skull Teeth (primary Baby Teeth and permanent Baby Teeth intact) centralised at the Stonehenge Baby Delivery Room birth canal described in the JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, Volume 96, February 2003, "Stonehenge: a view from medicine" by eminent Dr Anthony M Perks, PhD, DSc, and Darlene Marie Bailey, BA, JR Soc Med 2003; 96: 94–98, the publication over 5 years old.

Stonehenge Hospital healing centre Stillborn Baby Teeth Skull (having the primary and permanent Baby Teeth) excavated by Dr Garry W Denke (1622-1699) historian, antiquarian, dentist (1656 Diary) at Stonehenge precise centre (June, 1655) has a radiometric date of 9,000 years ago (7000 BC) matching the Geoff Wainwright, Timothy Darvill and Timewatch: Stonehenge team's confirmation date of Dr Garry W Denke's original Stonehenge Baby Delivery Room coal-fired Ice Age heating furnace: housed in Caddo by Hell's Gate, Brazos River South Wall, 'Great Kingdom of the Tejas', Palo Pinto County; near Breckenridge.

Interesting enough Timewatch, Geoff Wainwright and Timothy Darvill's theory of the Stonehenge Hospital mortuary has been verified, categorically proving it being a morgue (Stonehenge not a cemetery), because currently there are no known human remains at Stonehenge Hospital mortuary. Julian Richards and Michael Pitts removed the last of Stonehenge Hospital remains on 1st September 2008 at the morgue. All known human remains that ever were stored there have been removed, therefore any theory claiming that Stonehenge Hospital mortuary was a cemetery is categorically false. Stonehenge Not A Cemetery:

Morgue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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