An Appreciation of John Michell (1933 –2009) With the passing of John Michell, the planet has lost a truly original thinker and the earth mysteries movement loses its father figure. Although Alfred Watkins was the original investigator into this long forgotten aspect of the ancient world, it was John who did more than anyone to dust the subject off. Archaeologists in Stonehenge Bluestone Shock It appears you can get away with almost anything in contemporary archaeology. One can for once agree with Jacquetta Hawkes who reckoned that ‘Every generation gets the Stonehenge it deserves’. In this generation one may gain permission to dig the hallowed turf of Stonehenge itself provided you have a theory that is zeitgeisty enough to woo the public. But does it hold water? Research at Le Manio, France. June 2009 The Baie du Morbihan area of southern Brittany is the most densely populated area of megalithic activity in Europe. Despite centuries of mass destruction of thousands of standing stones, dolmens and cromlechs (stone rings in France), for quality building stone, enough surviving stones remain to provide mute evidence of a profoundly important cultural movement active in this area since at least 6000 BC. The Grand Menhir Brise in Locqmariaquer was once the highest standing stone in the world, its fallen remains weighing in at an estimated 340 tons. The Lundy Egg - Largest in Britain! What a place is Lundy! Everybody needs to go there at least once in their lifetime. It has held its secrets well. I was there this time to do further research into a secret from the Stone Age, described in my earlier books and,most recently, in The Measure of Albion, co-authored with John Michell. Lundy holds a secret about our national temple, Stonehenge. Cracking the Stone Age Code by Robin Heath Professor Alexander Thom was one of the foremost scientists and engineers of the last century. Once Chair of Engineering Science at Brasenose College, Oxford, following an already distinguished career in both the academic and industrial world, during the War he had been Principal Scientific Officer for the design of the High Speed Wind Tunnel at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, and had assisted Sir Barnes Wallace in the design of the famous ‘bouncing bomb’ of Dambuster’s fame. Research at Avebury, England July 2009 The obvious first question to ask about Avebury ring is why go to all this trouble, when a circle would apparently have done the job of impressing everyone just as well? Thom’s survey established that the geometry and units of length were extremely well thought out and accurately executed on the ground. My own work has revealed another interesting fact that is revealed here for the first time.