Comments on: A Dramatic Entrance to Stonehenge http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sat, 02 May 2026 21:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46744 CherryPie Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:51:38 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46744 The site is fascinating :-) The site is fascinating :-)

]]> By: Ayush http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46742 Ayush Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:14:39 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46742 very interesting information especially about the slaughter stone. and a pity about the chippings. i remember it is a similar case at the Colosseo of Rome. very interesting information especially about the slaughter stone. and a pity about the chippings. i remember it is a similar case at the Colosseo of Rome.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46708 CherryPie Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:40:57 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46708 Life would be very easy if we weren't surrounded by idiots ;-) Life would be very easy if we weren’t surrounded by idiots ;-)

]]> By: Sean Jeating http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46707 Sean Jeating Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:23:27 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46707 All you say is right, CherryPie. That's why I find cheese domes so thrilling. Just try to imagine, for a moment. ... Almost everything would be so easy, were there not all those idiots [and not only idiots in the classical sense]. All you say is right, CherryPie. That’s why I find cheese domes so thrilling. Just try to imagine, for a moment. …
Almost everything would be so easy, were there not all those idiots [and not only idiots in the classical sense].

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46706 CherryPie Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:05:14 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46706 The irony is that if it wasn't for the paying visitors the stones would have been vandalised and destroyed over the years. I can recall the hippy years of the 70s and people clambering over the stones and toppling some of them over. A more recent trend for historical sites is that people like to chip a bit off so the can keep a bit of 'that special site' for themselves. There are only so many bits that can be chipped off... You may find it interesting that the change of access and removal of the busy road next to 'The Stonehenge' has meant that the stones are much more accessible for viewing for non-paying visitors. In fact there were many non-paying visitors just a few feet away from me ;-) The irony is that if it wasn’t for the paying visitors the stones would have been vandalised and destroyed over the years. I can recall the hippy years of the 70s and people clambering over the stones and toppling some of them over.

A more recent trend for historical sites is that people like to chip a bit off so the can keep a bit of ‘that special site’ for themselves. There are only so many bits that can be chipped off…

You may find it interesting that the change of access and removal of the busy road next to ‘The Stonehenge’ has meant that the stones are much more accessible for viewing for non-paying visitors. In fact there were many non-paying visitors just a few feet away from me ;-)

]]> By: Sean Jeating http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46705 Sean Jeating Sat, 07 Jan 2017 23:19:59 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46705 Thinking not only of Newgrange, Skara Brae and Stonehenge now and some decades ago, I wonder when the 'Masters of Heritage' will start to build cheese domes over any site, so that no eye would ever get the tiniest of all glimpses without admission ticket. Would certainly have its own charm nothing to see when passing Buckingham Palace, Convy Castle and the brazillions of heritage sites. By doing so they would – Fuck the EU – certainly create millions of jobs. Good night and good luck. :) Thinking not only of Newgrange, Skara Brae and Stonehenge now and some decades ago, I wonder when the ‘Masters of Heritage’ will start to build cheese domes over any site, so that no eye would ever get the tiniest of all glimpses without admission ticket.
Would certainly have its own charm nothing to see when passing Buckingham Palace, Convy Castle and the brazillions of heritage sites.
By doing so they would – Fuck the EU – certainly create millions of jobs.
Good night and good luck. :)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46704 CherryPie Sat, 07 Jan 2017 23:02:14 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46704 When I visited as a child I walked among the stones and looked up and was amazed at the size of them. When I visited as a child I walked among the stones and looked up and was amazed at the size of them.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46703 CherryPie Sat, 07 Jan 2017 23:01:23 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46703 I used to prefer Avebury too, but now the access to Stonehenge has changed I enjoyed my visits more. In fact I find the stones and the landscape fascinating! I used to prefer Avebury too, but now the access to Stonehenge has changed I enjoyed my visits more. In fact I find the stones and the landscape fascinating!

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46702 CherryPie Sat, 07 Jan 2017 22:59:33 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46702 On my first visit it took my breath away. As the years have gone by I have found it even more fascinating :-) On my first visit it took my breath away. As the years have gone by I have found it even more fascinating :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2017/01/06/a-dramatic-entrance-to-stonehenge/comment-page-1/#comment-46701 CherryPie Sat, 07 Jan 2017 22:58:19 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=18036#comment-46701 It got that name due to a misunderstanding that has now been corrected. The stone was originally upright and had nothing to do with slaughter: http://www.stonesofstonehenge.org.uk/2015/02/slaughter-stone-stone-95.html The name comes from the (incorrect) belief that it was the stone where sacrifices were carried out and that the red colour of the water that collects in the hollows in its upper surface was due to the blood of the victims seeping out. In fact it is the iron in the stone together with algae that grow on its surface that cause the red colouration of the rainwater. The Slaughter Stone originally stood upright with its northeastern end planted in the ground. It got that name due to a misunderstanding that has now been corrected. The stone was originally upright and had nothing to do with slaughter:

http://www.stonesofstonehenge.org.uk/2015/02/slaughter-stone-stone-95.html

The name comes from the (incorrect) belief that it was the stone where sacrifices were carried out and that the red colour of the water that collects in the hollows in its upper surface was due to the blood of the victims seeping out.

In fact it is the iron in the stone together with algae that grow on its surface that cause the red colouration of the rainwater. The Slaughter Stone originally stood upright with its northeastern end planted in the ground.

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