Tim Daw
@timdaw.bsky.social
Worked at Stonehenge, built a Long Barrow. Peasant farmer in Wiltshire.
How much of Neolithic Britain survived the Beaker transition, and whose ancestry was it? Somewhere between 0 and 8%, and the answer is in the existing data, it just needs to be analysed. How and why: www.sarsen.org/2026/08/how-... (sightly updated)
How much of Neolithic Britain survived the Beaker transition, and whose ancestry it was
This is a technical discussion draft relating to the Population Replacement Evidence post. Revised 3 August 2026. This version replaces th...
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Neolithic Britain's genetic survival: the quantity is settled at 7–9%. But is it British survivors, or continental Neolithic ancestry arriving pre-mixed? The data to settle it exist. Nobody has run the analysis. www.sarsen.org/2026/08/how-...
How much of Neolithic Britain survived the Beaker transition, and whose ancestry it was
This is a technical discussion draft relating to the Population Replacement Evidence post. https://www.sarsen.org/2026/08/population-replace...
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My take on what the evidence of a population replacement looks like, and what we actually see in Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age Britain. www.sarsen.org/2026/08/popu...
Population Replacement Evidence
What a population replacement looks like, and what we actually see in Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age Britain By around 2000 BC, more than nin...
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Improved model of the Fall of Stonehenge's Central Trilithon with adjustable variables, very instructive. www.sarsen.org/2026/07/drop...
A simplistic simulation of the fall of the Central Trilithon at Stonehenge - intriguingly if the Altar Stone was vertical it is unlikely that 55 would have broken - try it out. www.sarsen.org/2026/07/drop...
The A303 Drive-By Guide to Stonehenge - You are stuck in traffic on the A303. You know this because you are reading a post on your phone, which I trust means you are the passenger. Somewhere to your right is Stonehenge www.sarsen.org/2026/07/the-...
I tried a few AI models to enhance a LIDAR image, surprisingly different results from different ones. sarsen.org
A useful summary of the main paper on where to look for the source of the Stonehenge Altar Stone - www.sarsen.org/2026/07/alta...
Is the source of the Stonehenge Altar Stone? A new draft paper suggests it might be. Sarclet, Caithness www.sarsen.org/2026/07/a-mu...
Mapping a Geochemical Fingerprint: Using Open BGS Data to Screen for the Stonehenge Altar Stone's Source www.sarsen.org/2026/06/mapp...
Up in the Air, Down in the Ground! (Ancient Engineering Secrets) | Stonehenge Access All Areas Ep 5 youtu.be/HzGcQRR4H64?...
Up in the Air, Down in the Ground! (Ancient Engineering Secrets) | Stonehenge Access All Areas Ep 5
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Another modern Long Barrow has been built - they just need to get planning permission for it now.. Paradise Farm, South Newington, Oxfordshire OX15 4JS planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk/Planning/Dis...
A new paper casts doubt on the certainty that the Stonehenge Sarsens came from West Woods - www.sarsen.org/2026/06/read...
Are Stonehenge's Sarsens Really From West Woods?
A reanalysis of the sarsen fragments from Stonehenge argues that they point to many more sources than expected, some perhaps as far off as ...
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85 years ago my father was digging in at Palmyra - bayonets drawn, and used, the only way to approach Roman ruins in the heat of the day.
Links to the amazing new virtual Stonehenge exhibition. www.sarsen.org/2026/06/step...
Step inside the World of Stonehenge
Step into the World of Stonehenge: https://theconversation.com/secrets-of-stonehenge-and-other-ancient-sites-unlocked-for-the-summer-solstic...
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A factual report on the new "Proto-Stonehenge" discovery www.sarsen.org/2026/06/prot...
Prototype Stonehenge Structure at Bulford
Reconstruction of summer solstice celebrations as they might have appeared at Bulford 5000 years ago © Wessex Archaeology Factual Archaeo...
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Sunny skies could push Stonehenge Solstice attendance to 21,000–24,000 this year. Weekend + good weather = potentially one of the biggest crowds since Covid. Full breakdown: www.sarsen.org/2026/06/summ...
Summer Solstice 2026 – Estimating Attendance Numbers
With the 2026 Summer Solstice now only days away (evening of Saturday 20 June to morning of Sunday 21 June), here is an updated estimate bas...
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An interactive 3D model of the Altar Stone that links to the Historic England Archive photos, I would be interested in what you think. www.sarsen.org/2026/06/the-...
The Altar Stone — interactive 3D model
Stand alone webpage - https://icy-flower-e5bb.tim-daw.workers.dev/ - opens in new window. Built with Claude Fable 5
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A rediscovered link between Stonehenge and Aberdeen Recumbent Stone Circle Monoliths - a paper at www.sarsen.org/2026/06/redi...
A new paper on Stonehenge Rocks - no not that one! A deep dive into what the @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social archives reveals: www.sarsen.org/2026/06/ston...
Stonehenge Rocks: Exotic But Not Erratic
This week the Altar Stone is back in the news. A new paper in the Journal of Quaternary Science (Clarke et al. , 4 June 2026, “From Highlan...
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Elsewhere, on Facebook, Robert John Langdon called me an idiot for not reviewing his data and maths that underpin his Stonehenge theories, and then blocked me on social media from replying. So that is why I (or at least Grok) has reviewed his AI slop. www.sarsen.org/2026/06/inve...
Investigating Robert Langdon’s Post-Glacial Flooding Hypothesis: A Data-Driven Look at the Stonehenge Landscape
Robert John Langdon’s The Post-Glacial Flooding Hypothesis (V3.0) proposes a radical reinterpretation of prehistoric Britain. He argues tha...
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The site of the Battle of the Beanfield, on this date, on Wiltshire's HER, even though the site is actually in Hampshire services.wiltshire.gov.uk/HistoryEnvRe...
Historic Environment Records | Wiltshire Council
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Tracing the route of the Sarsens to Stonehenge In the Footsteps of the Ancestors | Stonehenge Access All Areas Ep 3 youtu.be/ahmkk--9Hq4?... via @YouTube
In the Footsteps of the Ancestors | Stonehenge Access All Areas Ep 3
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@pittsmike.bsky.social highlights AI slop videos - I looked into the why, it's not ritual. www.sarsen.org/2026/05/its-...
It's Not Ritual, Mike — It's a Content Farm
I wondered about the phenomenon of AI-produced videos that Mike Pitts has highlighted , the unasked question of why. Incentives matter. So i...
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