Good vibrations
Here’s another acoustic study of Stonehenge that just arrived on my desktop. I haven’t read the full study, but judging from the press release, which I’ve reproduced in full below, it’s got more going for it than some of the others. Phrases I like:
“The present day Stonehenge shows a few weak echoes and no noticeable reverberation, but because of its derelict state these results cannot be considered as representative of the original building.”
“The data gathered does not unequivocally reveal whether the site was designed with acoustics in mind… [but] shows that the space reacted to acoustic activity in a way that would have been noticeable to the Neolithic man.”
Compare and contrast…
And here are the links:
Measuring the acoustics of Stonehenge
A stereo rendition of a folk band singing within the Maryhill replica
The photo shows what Stonehenge sounded like by the A303 today.
