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Mentioned in the “Cabinet of Curiosities”!

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John Britton’s Celtic Cabinet in the Devizes Museum, mentioned in Steadman’s blog post
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Hello! We are here to say that we are honored to have been mentioned in the Cabinet of Curiosities blog, written by Philip Steadman, esteemed author, researcher, and emeritus professor. His Clonehenge post is not just about Clonehenge but about Stonehenge replicas in general with added facts and perspectives. It is a delightful read. Discussing Jeremy Deller’s iconic inflatable Stonehenge entitled “Sacrilege”, Steadman writes: “When inflated the stones erected themselves gradually like waking elephants, and visitors could bounce with abandon on the green ‘turf’.

We tend to think there is very little about Stonehenge replicas that we don’t know. We had not read, however, that the now defunct Fridgehenge in New Mexico “was built by ‘slaves’ in loincloths as a protest against consumer culture and the planned obsolescence of white goods.” And we must have been told this but had forgotten that “It seems that the very first [Stonehenge replica] was at Wilton House in Wiltshire, built in the 18th century, but nothing of this remains.

Of course the best bit in the post is the three words “wonderful Clonehenge blog“. 😉 That alone has inspired us to begin posting here once more. We have many Stonehenges and Stonehenge-ish things in our files that have yet to be posted on this blog and we hope to improve that situation in the weeks to come.

We are off Twitter and Facebook until some time in early November, but we hope to see you here. Until next time, friends, happy henging!


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