Andrew,
Thanks for your interest.
MPP does not indicate the exact location of the spring, only that it rose on
Larkhill and flowed past the eastern end of the Cursus which puts it above
112m elevation with the potential surface of the water table higher than
112m (not sure by how much).
OS map Pathfinder 1221 shows the 100m contour (down slope from Larkhill and
Stonehenge) runs north of the Cursus and south of Larkhill and Stonehenge,
putting both locations on the same slope from the north.
Sorry if my description is not real clear, but there is no need for water to
flow uphill. The point is that the water table is high enough to have fed
water to Stonehenge.
Orion
At 03:49 PM 10/22/2015 +0100, you wrote:
>I have come into this somewhat late in the day.
>
>Can you give me an OS reference for the spring source because as far as I
>can see from the 1:25,000 map it appears that any water from the Larkhill
>direction has to come uphill to Stonehenge from any direction other than the
>south-west, and how is that water going to reach that higher ground?
>
>Possibly the water table could be the same at both points but if there is
>low ground between and especially in a permeable area it will be depressed
>in that low area and will not flow from one to the other.
>
>At least if I remember my geology/geography/physics correctly.
>
>Andrew
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Orion
>Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:39 PM
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>Subject: Re: [BRITARCH] UNITY
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>At 03:48 PM 10/21/2015 -0400, Kostas asks:
>>Orion,
>>
>
>>What "UNITY" have to do with "moat"? Please explain.
>>
>>Kostas
>>[log in to unmask]
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>
>
>UNITY = ONE = agreement = unanimity
>
>Because of Mike Parker Pearson's account of a spring at Larkhill, we may all
>agree that water was, at least, available at Stonehenge (Rockhenge) during
>the Neolithic. The water table would have been the same at both locations.
>That challenge to a moat hypothesis may be laid to rest.
>
>We will recall that the question of the availability of water was our
>greatest doubt at the time. Permeability etc.
>
>Thanks, MPP.
>
>Orion
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