Boles (Bowls) Barrow bluestone

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The bluestone in Salisbury Museum said to come from Boles Barrow, often cited as evidence of a bluestone on Salisbury Plain before Stonehenge. Facts below come from the catalogue's one-line post summaries, not from re-reading the posts. Check the post before quoting it.

References

• Daw, T. sarsen.org (Tim Daw's blog): post summaries from the blog catalogue. link (open access)
• Williams-Thorpe, O., Thorpe, R.S. [1992]. Geochemistry, sources and transport of the Stonehenge bluestones. Proceedings of the British Academy [volume printed '11' in the local scan], 133–161.
• Williams-Thorpe, O., Green, C.P., Scourse, J.D. The Stonehenge bluestones: discussion. Proceedings of the British Academy 92: 315–318.
• Daw, T. 2022-08. sarsen.org blog post "the boles barrow bluestone". link (open access)
• Daw, T. 2022-08. sarsen.org blog post "bowls barrow also known as boles barrow". link (open access)
• Thorpe, R.S., Williams-Thorpe, O., Jenkins, D.G., Watson, J.S., Ixer, R.A., Thomas, R.G. 1991. The geological sources and transport of the bluestones of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 57(2): 103–157. DOI
• Daw, T. 2012-03. sarsen.org blog post "bowls barrow bluestone in salisbury". link (open access)
• Daw, T. 2016-02. sarsen.org blog post "the bowls or boles barrow bluestone". link (open access)
• Daw, T. 2024-09. sarsen.org blog post "did cunnington find any bluestone in". link (open access)

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