Tim Daw
@timdaw.bsky.social
Worked at Stonehenge, built a Long Barrow. Peasant farmer in Wiltshire.
Someone put a rock in the way of the sunset
February 2, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Someone put a rock in the way of the sunset
A February afternoon on Salisbury Plain
February 1, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A February afternoon on Salisbury Plain
Was the Wansdyke a Neolithic Canal? - I give a short and a long answer: www.sarsen.org/2026/02/was-...
Was the Wansdyke a Canal?
Click to enlarge https://explore.osmaps.com/route/30489348/wansdyke?lat=51.39462&lon=-1.89988&zoom=12.2788&style=Leisure&type=2d Short ans...
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February 1, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Was the Wansdyke a Neolithic Canal? - I give a short and a long answer: www.sarsen.org/2026/02/was-...
Stukeley's 1730 Bible sold today at auction - lots of marginalia, written as he developed his dating theories of Stonehenge, a foundational document in the development of prehistoric studies in Britain. www.sarsen.org/2026/01/will...
William Stukeley's 1730 Bible
William Stukeley's 1730 Bible sold for £6500 today, a bit too rich for me; "William Stukeley's annotated 1683 edition of the Holy Bible, in...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Stukeley's 1730 Bible sold today at auction - lots of marginalia, written as he developed his dating theories of Stonehenge, a foundational document in the development of prehistoric studies in Britain. www.sarsen.org/2026/01/will...
The shareable Historic England photograph of Richard Atkinson under Stone 55b needs rotating so I created a freely shareable drawing as it should be.
Not a recommended archaeological technique.
Not a recommended archaeological technique.
January 27, 2026 at 7:32 AM
The shareable Historic England photograph of Richard Atkinson under Stone 55b needs rotating so I created a freely shareable drawing as it should be.
Not a recommended archaeological technique.
Not a recommended archaeological technique.
In October 2024 I discovered photos of enigmatic engravings on the Stonehenge Altar Stone in the English Heritage archive - I have just created three drawings of them which are free to use with acknowledgment. Link in comments.
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In October 2024 I discovered photos of enigmatic engravings on the Stonehenge Altar Stone in the English Heritage archive - I have just created three drawings of them which are free to use with acknowledgment. Link in comments.
In archaeology the phrase "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" is often used to excuse fence-sitting. In a Bayesian framework, absence of evidence is evidence of absence to the precise degree that evidence would have been expected had the claim been true. www.sarsen.org/2026/01/abse...
Absence of Evidence Can Be Evidence of Absence
The phrase "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" has long served as a caution against premature conclusions from inadequate sea...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:53 AM
In archaeology the phrase "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" is often used to excuse fence-sitting. In a Bayesian framework, absence of evidence is evidence of absence to the precise degree that evidence would have been expected had the claim been true. www.sarsen.org/2026/01/abse...
Reposted by Tim Daw
I didn’t expect to be posting about Stonehenge now but a new paper with yet more against the case for Salisbury Plain glaciers has been published. It prompted me to look at a discussion about sarsen last year which I missed. So here’s a thread about Stonehenge megalith sources /1
January 22, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I didn’t expect to be posting about Stonehenge now but a new paper with yet more against the case for Salisbury Plain glaciers has been published. It prompted me to look at a discussion about sarsen last year which I missed. So here’s a thread about Stonehenge megalith sources /1
Marginalia in a @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social book:
"Learn still and let thy mind be fed
For without learning life itself is dead"
There seems to a couple of more lines in pencil and the date 1567 - intriguing and still true.
"Learn still and let thy mind be fed
For without learning life itself is dead"
There seems to a couple of more lines in pencil and the date 1567 - intriguing and still true.
January 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Marginalia in a @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social book:
"Learn still and let thy mind be fed
For without learning life itself is dead"
There seems to a couple of more lines in pencil and the date 1567 - intriguing and still true.
"Learn still and let thy mind be fed
For without learning life itself is dead"
There seems to a couple of more lines in pencil and the date 1567 - intriguing and still true.
Stonehenge bluestones, it was humans not ice that brought them. A new geological analysis.
www.sarsen.org/2026/01/grai...
www.sarsen.org/2026/01/grai...
Grains of truth on the bluestones
Grains of sand prove people – not glaciers – transported Stonehenge rocks Published: January 21, 2026 10.08am GMT Anthony Clarke, Chris Kir...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Stonehenge bluestones, it was humans not ice that brought them. A new geological analysis.
www.sarsen.org/2026/01/grai...
www.sarsen.org/2026/01/grai...
The Stonehenge Diet - America catches up with the Neolithic www.sarsen.org/2026/01/the-...
The Stonehenge Diet – America’s Prescription for Healthy Living
The Stonehenge Diet In January 2026, the United States took a dramatic step in public health policy. The new Dietary Guidelines for Americ...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The Stonehenge Diet - America catches up with the Neolithic www.sarsen.org/2026/01/the-...
The non-symbolic symbol on the Long Barrow door this morning, the passageway is aligned to midwinter sunrise.
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The non-symbolic symbol on the Long Barrow door this morning, the passageway is aligned to midwinter sunrise.
Cattle standing around lowing when the Angel of the Lord came down may not be strictly historically or theologically accurate, but I like the photo. Happy Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Cattle standing around lowing when the Angel of the Lord came down may not be strictly historically or theologically accurate, but I like the photo. Happy Christmas.
My own photo (2012) and Bill Brandt's (1947)
December 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My own photo (2012) and Bill Brandt's (1947)
Reposted by Tim Daw
Stonehenge Just got a LOT weirder....
🎥NEW VIDEO🎥
🎥NEW VIDEO🎥
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Stonehenge Just got a LOT weirder....
🎥NEW VIDEO🎥
🎥NEW VIDEO🎥
Winter Solstice Sunset at Stonehenge
December 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Winter Solstice Sunset at Stonehenge
The north chamber of the All Cannings Long Barrow
December 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The north chamber of the All Cannings Long Barrow
It may be the greatest Christmas album ever, but having Phil Spector's cassette stuck in the tractor, so it won't eject, means I rather tire of it over the year.
December 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It may be the greatest Christmas album ever, but having Phil Spector's cassette stuck in the tractor, so it won't eject, means I rather tire of it over the year.
I ran the numbers, the proposed High Post wind turbine wouldn't even power a kettle when they need the power the most.
development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/web-com...
development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/web-com...
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development.wiltshire.gov.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I ran the numbers, the proposed High Post wind turbine wouldn't even power a kettle when they need the power the most.
development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/web-com...
development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/web-com...
Stonehenge’s solstice alignments clockface:
Midsummer sunrise at 12, midwinter sunset at 6. Altar Stone skewed along the chord from 15 min to 42 min, exactly 81°, midwinter sunrise. Central trilithon parallel chord.
60-point outer circle embeds both solstice directions with simple lines. Sarsen.org
Midsummer sunrise at 12, midwinter sunset at 6. Altar Stone skewed along the chord from 15 min to 42 min, exactly 81°, midwinter sunrise. Central trilithon parallel chord.
60-point outer circle embeds both solstice directions with simple lines. Sarsen.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Stonehenge’s solstice alignments clockface:
Midsummer sunrise at 12, midwinter sunset at 6. Altar Stone skewed along the chord from 15 min to 42 min, exactly 81°, midwinter sunrise. Central trilithon parallel chord.
60-point outer circle embeds both solstice directions with simple lines. Sarsen.org
Midsummer sunrise at 12, midwinter sunset at 6. Altar Stone skewed along the chord from 15 min to 42 min, exactly 81°, midwinter sunrise. Central trilithon parallel chord.
60-point outer circle embeds both solstice directions with simple lines. Sarsen.org
#HillfortsWednesday Vespasian's Camp - 1940 Luftwaffe Photo, other monuments may also be visible. catalog.archives.gov/id/220883260
December 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#HillfortsWednesday Vespasian's Camp - 1940 Luftwaffe Photo, other monuments may also be visible. catalog.archives.gov/id/220883260
Links to Kat Ward's work on the Absent Dead in the neolithic. We only know of 298 bodies within the modern county boundary of Wiltshire over four centuries, 3800–3400 BC.
www.sarsen.org/2025/12/the-...
www.sarsen.org/2025/12/the-...
The Absent Dead of Stonehenge
The enduring puzzle of Early Neolithic mortuary practices in southern Britain—why so few human remains survive relative to expected populati...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Links to Kat Ward's work on the Absent Dead in the neolithic. We only know of 298 bodies within the modern county boundary of Wiltshire over four centuries, 3800–3400 BC.
www.sarsen.org/2025/12/the-...
www.sarsen.org/2025/12/the-...
Knap Hill and katabatic flow of frozen air into the Pewsey Vale
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Knap Hill and katabatic flow of frozen air into the Pewsey Vale
Winter Solstice Sunrise at Adam's Grave, Wiltshire. Fantastic view and alignment.
December 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Winter Solstice Sunrise at Adam's Grave, Wiltshire. Fantastic view and alignment.
I was lucky enough to see Spinal Tap playing at Stonehenge, all directed by Rob Reiner. I hope the concert film, due out in the spring, is seen as a fitting tribute to him.
December 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I was lucky enough to see Spinal Tap playing at Stonehenge, all directed by Rob Reiner. I hope the concert film, due out in the spring, is seen as a fitting tribute to him.