Episode 59

Why Stonehenge isn’t a henge and what is a henge anyway?

Every week we make an exclusive short podcast for our Patreon supporters called 'The Monday Moot'. It's a kind of a sandbox where we air our thoughts on aspects of prehistoric archaeology.

Sometimes, those thoughts become worthy topics for a wider audience and this is one of those instances. Here, Michael & Rupert ask if the word 'henge' has an impact on the way we view our circular earthworks in the UK.

KENNY BROPHY INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/f6yQcGzqccg

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Michael Bott

Michael was born on the Isle of Man in 1954. He is a professional actor, and among his many credits he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and worked at the Royal National Theatre for several years. Around the end of the 90’s he moved into video production and film making, developing ideas for television and freelancing as a corporate video producer. As a television producer his work includes “Henry Lincoln’s guide to Renne Le Chateau” and “The Man Behind The DaVinci Code” for Channel 5 and Discovery. His fascination for megalithic sites stems from early childhood when he was first taken to the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire. His ‘magnum opus’ has turned out to be the subject of this site: ‘Standing with Stones’. and the Prehistory Guys project.

Rupert Soskin

Rupert is principally a writer and photographer with particular leanings to archaeology and entomology. His interest in prehistory goes back over forty years, triggered by the wealth of megalithic sites he encountered on numerous backpacking trips across Dartmoor in Devon, south west England. Rupert wrote the book 'Standing With Stones' to accompany the film he and Michael made prior to becoming The Prehistory Guys. For any insect lovers out there, his most recent book is called 'Metamorphosis - Astonishing Insect Transformations'.