Today visitors experience Stonehenge as a wonder of ancient achievement and enduring symbol of mystery. But Stonehenge was built as a temple – a place of ceremony, of burial and of celebration. The first Stonehenge was simple – just a circular ditch and bank, perhaps with a few small upright timber posts or stones – [...]
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Solstice Stones
Stonehenge is an ancient prehistoric site and has been a place of worship and celebration at the time of Summer Solstice since time immemorial. Hopefully today it will by a Sunny Solstice sunrise
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 21st 2014
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Avebury
As I mentioned in my previous post, we miscalculated the time we needed to enjoy Avebury. I have the strong urge to visit the site again as soon as possible. On my brief visit I managed to capture a few photographs of some of the stones. I hope you enjoy them.
Avebury is a fascinating site [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jun 20th 2014
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West Kennet Avenue – Avebury
West Kennet Avenue follows a winding course of 1.5 miles, linking the Avebury Circles with the Sanctuary.
Originally consisting of about 100 pairs of stones, the Avenue followed a sinuous course. The stones were about 15 m (49 ft) apart and there was a span of about 24 m (80 ft) between the pairs. Several had [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2014
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A Scattering of Sheep
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 18th 2014
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A Sunday Jaunt
Rather than go out for a meal yesterday we took my father in law out for the day. He decided on the National Trust property Berrington Hall. We decided to surprise him with a little detour on the way and stopped of at Westonbury Mill Water Gardens. It is delightful garden with interesting follies which [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 16th 2014
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Salisbury – Day Four
After breakfast we checked out and Mum got chatting to the receptionist. The topic of her broken leg cropped up and it turned out that the receptionist who was from Brisbane had been working as a physiotherapist before taking time off to go travelling. Her travelling has currently paused whilst she is working in Salisbury.
We [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 14th 2014
