tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post8068079821367569903..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Stonehenge and the sound of silenceGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-28227949043268312492012-02-18T05:34:43.960-08:002012-02-18T05:34:43.960-08:00One of the curious things I noticed when visiting ...One of the curious things I noticed when visiting Stonehenge for the first time aged 16 (oh golly, that's almost 30 years ago) was that there was something distinctly unusual about the acoustics of the site. Sound is VERY flat. That visit was on a rainy day but each time I've been back since, I noticed the same thing. There's a deadening of all sound. I have no way of knowing if this existed BEFORE the stones were put up.<br />I have a couple of cds of flute music played in the King's chamber of the Great Pyramid at Giza; the music takes on an unearthly, eerie beauty. I used to run a drumming group and we wanted to drum at Grimes' Graves, a neolithic flint mine not far from where we lived, but we never had the courage to ask for permission, or break in during darkness. It's amazing how different instruments sound in different places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com