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Games Makers. Weymouth and Portland Sailing, Olympic Games 2012

Games Makers. Weymouth and Portland Sailing, Olympic Games 2012

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Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a wonderful impressive ruin. It lies at the centre of Stonehenge Down, a landscape rich in prehistoric remains and is recognised as a World Heritage Site. Visitors are amazed by what is believed to have been built as a temple, but no-one really knows.

On the edge of Salisbury Plain, stand these awe-inspiring circles of towering stones, the most celebrated Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in England. The monument dates from between 2000 and 1400 B.C. It is difficult to imagine how men, with only primitive tools, could possibly have transported and erected these massive stones. The Blue Stones, as many as eighty of them, came from the Prescelly Mountains in Wales. The larger Sarsen Stones, were transported from North Wiltshire.

Stonehenge's origins and purpose are shrouded in mystery, but it seems it was built to calculate the annual calendar and seasons. Its axis is carefully aligned with the sunrise on 21st June, the longest day in the year. No wonder Thomas Hardy set the ending of his tragic novel, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" here, amongst his "Temple of the Winds."

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Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

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The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

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The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

The Great Trilithon and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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From site of Aubrey Holes, Stonehenge

From site of Aubrey Holes, Stonehenge

Date: 13/10/11
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Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

Date: 13/10/11
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Circle of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

Circle of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

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Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

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Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

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From Counterscarp Bank, Stonehenge

From Counterscarp Bank, Stonehenge

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From Counterscarp Bank, Stonehenge

From Counterscarp Bank, Stonehenge

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From Secondary Entrance, Stonehenge

From Secondary Entrance, Stonehenge

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Stonehenge

Stonehenge

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Sarsen Horseshoe and Great Trilithon, Stonehenge

Sarsen Horseshoe and Great Trilithon, Stonehenge

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Stonehenge, from the south-west

Stonehenge, from the south-west

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From site of Aubrey Holes, Stonehenge

From site of Aubrey Holes, Stonehenge

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Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

Horseshoe of Sarsen Trilithons, Stonehenge

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From outside the bank and ditch, Stonehenge

From outside the bank and ditch, Stonehenge

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Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

Date: 13/10/11
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Circle of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

Circle of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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Circle and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

Circle and Horseshoe of Sarsen Stones, Stonehenge

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