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English: Stonehenge Sunset (3). Sunset 16.01, and this image was taken at 16.00. The large crowd was almost silent, apart from regular volleys of shutters being released. A little like a firework display, except for the reverence towards the bringing together of man's endeavour, over several centuries, and the power of nature.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.16465 Extract from the English Heritage website: "The great and ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the world. What visitors see today are the substantial remnants of the last in a sequence of such monuments erected between c. 3000 BC and 1600 BC. The Stonehenge we see today is aligned on the midwinter setting sun and the midsummer sunrise. Stonehenge's orientation in relation to the rising and setting sun has always been one of its most remarkable features. Whether this was because its builders came from a sun worshipping culture or because - as some have asserted - the circle and its banks were part of a huge astronomical calendar, remains a mystery. Evidence of the peoples who built Stonehenge exists through their tools, artefacts, pottery and even the contents of their graves. Some of these are displayed in the museums at Salisbury and Devizes. The first monument at Stonehenge consisted of a circular bank and ditch with a ring of 56 pits now known as the Aubrey Holes. Later monuments all used and reused the stones we see today, many of which were brought from some distance away. The main final phase comprised the construction of an outer circle of huge standing stones - super-hard sarsens, from the Marlborough Downs. These were topped by lintels, forming a ring. Inside this stood a horseshoe of five still-larger constructions, known as trilithons: pairs of uprights with a lintel across each. All the stones were connected using mortise-and-tenon joints. Smaller bluestones, from the Preseli Hills in South Wales, were also arranged in a ring and a horseshoe, within the great circle and horseshoe of sarsen stones. In an earlier phase, these bluestones had been erected in a different arrangement. A World Heritage Site, Stonehenge and all its surroundings remain powerful witnesses to the once great civilisations of the Stone and Bronze Ages which existed here around 3,700 BC to 1600 BC. Stonehenge is surrounded by 1,500 acres of land owned by The National Trust, with excellent walks." 1626243 |
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Author | Peter Trimming |
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Camera location | 51° 10′ 45″ N, 1° 49′ 30″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.179040; -1.825100 |
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Object location | 51° 10′ 44″ N, 1° 49′ 33″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.178770; -1.825900 |
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