Abembi bezinto zakudala abavela kwiDyunivesithi yaseManchester naseCardiff bafumanise imvelaphi yelitye lika-Arthur, elona litye lesikhumbuzo laziwa kakhulu e-United Kingdom.
Unjingalwazi uJulian Thomas waseManchester, obekongamela ukumba, uthe ingcwaba elihle laseHerfordshire lihambelana 'neeholo zabafi' ezikufutshane ngo-2013.
Kokokuqala ukuba isakhiwo, esikhuthaze u-CS Lewis 'Ingonyama, igqwirha, kunye neWardrobe, simbiwe kakuhle. ILitye lika-Arthur, elibuyela kwixesha le-Neolithic malunga ne-3700BC, ikwinduli eyedwa ngaphandle koluntu lwaseDorstone, ejongene neeNtaba eziMnyama emazantsi eWales.
Abembi bezinto zakudala babecinga ukuba ilitye lalo lembombo elikhulu, lamiswa kuthotho lwamatye axhasayo, kunye negumbi elincinci elinendlela ejikelezileyo zombini ziyinxalenye yamatye e-wedge, afana nalawo abonwa eCotswolds nase Mzantsi Wales. UNjingalwazi Thomas kunye noNjingalwazi kaCardiff uKeith Ray, kwelinye icala, ubonise ukuba ilitye lesikhumbuzo lakhe lasolulela ebaleni ngqo emazantsi engcwaba.
ILifa leMveli lesiNgesi lilawula iLitye lika-Arthur njengesikhumbuzo esimiselweyo. Ukombiwa kwenzeka emazantsi egumbi lokungcwaba, ngaphandle kwendawo yokugcina.
Bafumanise ukuba ingcwaba lalikhe laba sisiduli esikhulu se-turf ehlanganisiweyo ebiyelwe ngocingo lwezithuba ezime nkqo ezilungiswe eludongeni oluncinci olujikeleze induli. Xa izithuba zabola zaza zawa induli, kwakhiwa indlela yezithuba ezikhulu ukusuka kwi-Golden Valley engezantsi, isiya kwinduli.
“Nangona ilitye lika-Arthur lilitye lesikhumbuzo laseMegalithic nelibaluleke kakhulu kumazwe aphesheya, imvelaphi yalo ibingaziwa kude kube namhlanje. Kuyamangalisa ukukwazi ukukhanyisa le ngcwaba lineminyaka engama-5700 ubudala, kuba linikezela ngengxelo yemvelaphi yethu, ” ucacisa uThomas.
Isiduli santlandlolo, esibonwe kwislot yocingo kunye namanqaku esikhumba abonakalayo emoyeni ajikeleze amagumbi amatye, akhomba eDorstone Hill, induli engummelwane.
Indawo yokugqibela yezithuba, kunye namagumbi amabini amatye kunye nelitye elime nkqo phambi kwawo, zilungelelanisa kude kwindawo ekude phakathi kweSkirrid neGarway Hill emazantsi mpuma.
"Uqhelwaniso olwahlukileyo lwezi zigaba zibini zolwakhiwo ziyaphawuleka okoko ukumbiwa kwethu eDorstone Hill ngo-2011-19 kwafumanisa iziduli ezintathu ezinde ezifanayo nezakhe zamkelwa kwinqanaba lokuqala le-Arthur's Stone," UNjingalwazi Thomas uqaphele.
"Nganye kwezi nduli zintathu zengca zenziwe ngomfanekiso wesakhiwo esikhulu somthi esasitshisiwe ngenjongo." Ngenxa yoko, ngoku ilitye lika-Arthur linxulunyaniswe nezi 'holo zabangasekhoyo' zikufutshane, ezaba sematheni ngo-2013.
"Ngapha koko, indawo esezintabeni eziphakathi kweGolden kunye neWye Valleys ngoku iyabhencwa njengokubamba indibano yomdibaniso yeNeolithic."
Ukwembiwa kwelitye lika-Arthur kuyinxalenye yeProjekthi ye-Beneath Hay Bluff, ebikhangelwe ngaphambili kwimbali yasentshona ye-Herefordshire ukusukela ngo-2010, ikhokelwa ngu-Keith Ray noJulian Thomas, kunye nabancedisi babalawuli uNick Overton (kwiDyunivesithi yaseManchester) kunye noTim Hoverd (I-Herefordshire Council ).
