A campaign group has raised over £170,000 to fight the building of a road beneath Stonehenge. The Stonehenge Alliance has been battling against National Highways’ proposal to update the road near the ancient monument for years. The A303 in Wiltshire is not
Campaigners have sensationally lost their battle to stop a two-mile tunnel being built, running past the famous world heritage site Stonehenge. Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) lost a High Court challenge against the plans to build the tunnel from Amesbury to Berwick
Stonehenge is one of Britain’s biggest ancient mysteries. Archaeologists still aren’t entirely sure what it was used for, though have proposed several uses, including a place to bury the elite. What further confused scientists was where the stones that make up the
Thousands cheered as the sun rose over Stonehenge on the winter solstice. Pagans and druids were among those at the neolithic monument in Wiltshire who braved a blustery morning with overcast skies to mark the shortest day. English Heritage’s Rebecca Eade said:
Stone circles can be found all around the British Isles. In fact, these lands have the highest concentration of the monuments anywhere in the world. Archaeologists aren’t exactly entirely sure why this is but they think the unique style of engineering may
The iconic Stonehenge, a British monument dating back to 3000BC, has been a source of intrigue for researchers for centuries. While most believe it was a burial ground and possibly of spiritual significance, music teacher Michael Goff has a different theory –
Stonehenge is the biggest structure of its kind anywhere in the world, built approximately 5,000 years ago. Many mysteries surround the site, things like what it was used for, who used it, and how it ever got to Salisbury Plain in the
Stonehenge is the biggest of its kind anywhere in the world, its origins rooted in prehistory when a group of people dragged the stones from Wales to the plains of Salisbury. It isn’t exactly known what purpose the stone circle may have
Stonehenge has been the focus of study and excavation for decades, sitting at the heart of one of Britain’s richest archaeological sites. Relics have offered snapshots of how ancient Britons lived, and even how visitors from as far away as Europe went
A 4,000-year-old archaeological site that contains burial mounds and a shrine dedicated to the sun and the solstice has been unearthed in the central part of the Netherlands. The site find has been dubbed the “Stonehenge of the Netherlands” because both prehistoric