Kostas,

So as not to upset others, we will keep our discussion off list, I will CC
this message to Britarch so anyone interested will no what is going on.

If you are truly interested in learning if this hypothesis is correct, so am
I, and if that is your reason for discussing it, I am willing to give it a
try.

Before there can be any meaningful discussion, it will be necessary for you
to understand what it is, and the best way for that to happen is you will
need to read the article.

http://web.archive.org/web/20080828161148/http://orionbeadling.net/MOAT.html

One caveat about the article, any reference to a culvert through the south
causeway must be ignored as it turns out there is no evidence to support a
culvert there. At one time there seemed to me to be evidence of a culvert,
but that turns out to not be so. If there is a culvert, I have no evidence
of it.

It is obvious from your questions below (which I'll try to address here)
that either you have not read the article, or that you have not understood
what is says.

Aside from the non existence of evidence of a culvert, I stand behind all
other parts of the article.

To address you questions below:


1) Why purposely impede the free flow of water in a man-made moat?

A1) Do not know of any purposely impeded flow of water in the moat. If you
refer to the south quadrant, that is dealt with in the article, and you will
see that the flow is not impeded there.

2) Clay deposits are typically alluvial. Where did the clay come from if a
natural spring nearby was supplying water to the Moat?

A2) I have no idea where the builders got their clay, but Col William Hawley
discover quite a bit of clay, purposely applied, on the ditch floor as he
excavate the ditch in the 1920s. I don't see it as a problem.



3) What is the purpose for the segmented construction of the Ditch?

A3) The segmented nature of the ditch seems to be a result of the method of
construction. Each of the 56 - 60 segments was dug separately, perhaps
simultaneously, and adjoined as they were finished by removing any walls
between any segments except in the south where barriers were left as
appropriate to the purpose. The book, ("Stonehenge in its Landscape"
English Heritage, 1995) deals with all of the excavated segments and can
tell you all about them.

At 12:01 PM 10/27/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>Orion,
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>We can thoughtfully and sensibly discuss your "moat idea". If you promise
to be civil and respectful. I will proceed with that assumption. And to keep
the discussion focused and to the points made (and not deflections and
misdirections and more personal attacks), I will enumerate my points of
argument.
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>1) Why purposely impede the free flow of water in a man-made moat?
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>2) Clay deposits are typically alluvial. Where did the clay come from if a
natural spring nearby was supplying water to the Moat?
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>3) What is the purpose for the segmented construction of the Ditch?
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>That is enough for now. More to come if we can constructively engage on these.
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>Kostas
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