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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."

Date: 10/13/2011

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Rainbow over Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 68	Rainbow over Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 51	Rainbow over Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 54
Station Stone and Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 52	Station Stone and Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 46	Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 42
Station Stone and Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 53	Stonehenge, from the South Bank Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 50	Stonehenge, from the South Bank Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 56
Slaughter Stone and Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 60	Slaughter Stone and Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 65	Stonehenge, from The Avenue Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 53
Cursus Barrows and The Cursus, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 45	Cursus Barrows and The Cursus, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 55	Cursus Barrow, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 66
Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 47	Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 59	Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 53
Cursus Barrow, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 58	Cursus Barrow, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 62	Cursus Barrow, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 42
Sheep, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 48	Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 65	Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 43
King Barrow Ridge, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 42	King Barrow Ridge, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 47	King Barrow Ridge, Stonehenge Down, Stonehenge Date: 10/13/2011 Views: 58

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