Decoding STONEHENGE

Today we bring you a bonus episode on Stonehenge, digging deeper into the mysteries of the world’s best-known ancient stone circle. Tony speaks to leading archeologist Mike Parker Pearson and top geologist Jane Evans about Stonehenge’s altar stone, once thought to come from Wales, which is now believed, through zircon analysis, to have originated in northeast Scotland, linking it to wider Neolithic traditions such as Orkney’s architecture and pottery. They also discuss how dating methods have transformed our understanding of Stonehenge and how it uniquely brings together stones from extraordinary distances, perhaps as an attempt to unify Britain’s peoples. Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson | Instagram @sirtonyrobinson With Mike Parker Pearson Professor of British Later Prehistory, University College London | @ucl Jane Evans Honorary Professor in archaeology at the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester and Honorary Research Associate at the British Geological Survey | @britgeosurvey Producer: Melissa FitzGerald | X @melissafitzg Follow us: Instagram @cunningcastpod | X @cunningcastpod | YouTube @cunningcast If you enjoyed this episode please do share it and leave us a review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.