Come One, Come All

Anon writes:

“So. It’s a thing now…”

Yesterday: ‘They Each Have A Function, There Are No Empty Boxes’

UPDATE:

I see the new College Green plaza plans have been updated. ##luashenge #Dublin pic.twitter.com/23j4HyV11E

— Liam Phelan (@liamdesign_com) August 3, 2017

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19 thoughts on “Come One, Come All”

Brother Barnabas August 3, 2017 at 10:27 am

There was a sign on it this morning, reading:

“Luashenge: Marvel at this wonderful collection of wiring cabinets. According to legend, they were dragged into place without any planning or forethought”.

(or something similar)

Zaccone August 3, 2017 at 12:53 pm

Thats very good. Irish humour at its best.

caff August 3, 2017 at 11:57 am

Trinnerhenge sounds better

DavidT August 3, 2017 at 4:43 pm

Unhenged sounds even better.

Frilly Keane August 3, 2017 at 12:23 pm

There in that last pic
Is that the actual scale?

Christ t’night

Nigel August 3, 2017 at 12:28 pm

They’re basically the monoliths from 2001.
pedeyw August 3, 2017 at 12:46 pm

Nope. I had barely noticed them till yesterday.

Nigel August 3, 2017 at 12:27 pm

YOU PICKED A FINE TIME TO LEAVE ME LUASHENGE.

Papi August 3, 2017 at 1:41 pm

Just going to be picky, but a henge is circular, these are an alignment. So, Luasalignment.
I’m an archaeologist. Sue me.

Gorev Mahagut August 3, 2017 at 2:25 pm

Hey archaeologist! Is it true that a henge is a neolithic earthwork comprised of a ring bank and ditch, where the ditch is internal to the bank? And is it true that standing stones are not characteristic of henges at all (the Stonehenge site in England being unusual in this respect)?

Ring bank and inner ditch, people. INNER ditch.
1. DD August 3, 2017 at 3:45 pm
  
  Hi Papi, in your opinion what is the most important lesson we can learn from the past?
  1. Papi August 4, 2017 at 8:27 am
    
    @DD, I don’t know, avoid fatty foods?
    1. David August 4, 2017 at 9:51 am
      
      Well, for a start, archaeology is pretty dangerous.
      
      My brother-in-law was working on a dig. One morning, cycling too the dig, he got hit by a bus.
2. Papi August 4, 2017 at 8:25 am
  
  Ahem. A henge can be several things, usually Neolithic but always circular. The uprights would generally have ben wooden, but Stonehenge is unusual really only cos its stone, and very large. I love a good inner ditch.
  1. Gorev Mahagut August 4, 2017 at 9:48 am
    
    Thank you. We are all wiser now. As the old saying goes, “those who do not learn the lessons of archaeology are doomed to repeat them”.
    1. Papi August 4, 2017 at 11:36 am
      
      That would just be weird. Why would we make stuff out of bronze and flint and make houses with loads of breezes in them? We have double glazing!! Double!!