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Stonehenge slammed as 'an over glorified pile of rocks' in scathing Tripadvisor review

One archaeological critic called Stonehenge an "over glorified pile of rocks" - then slammed the iconic landmark for its poor mobile phone reception.

The Tripadvisor reviewer was far from impressed with a visit to the prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.

The world-renowned tourist hot spot was one of a number of place given one-star reviews by picky visitors.

More than two million reviews were rejected or removed from Tripadvisor in for reasons including fraudulence, bias and violating community standards - but these ones have stayed put.

Another branded the monument “one of them rip off attractions” - and it wasn't the only place to come under fire on the popular website.

It's not easy to get on social media at Stonehenge (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Seaside resort Blackpool came in for some serious stick, with a tourist describing their visit as 'traumatising'.

One person's trip to Stonehenge wasn't worth it and the took to Tripadvisor to make their feeling known.

They grumbled: “Great people but it’s just an over glorified pile of rocks.

"Bad weather and no mobile signal. Dissatisfied and disappointed,” the reviewer when on.

Blackpool came in for a grilling - and a trip to the tower couldn't even save the day (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

It appeared a little better than one visitor's trip to the coast in England's north west.

They pulled apart Blackpool - and vowed never to return.

The tourist said: “I was dragged along to Blackpool for an evening walk along the promenade, which is in total darkness, having to navigate our way around the alcoholics, homeless and pot heads. Never again.”

Not even a trip to the famous tower could turn things around.

“We essentially paid to queue up for a lift, watch a five-minute 3D advert and then wander around admiring a view that I can get from parking on a multi storey car park,” they went on.

There are a number of scathing one-star reviews on Tripadvisor (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Last year, Professor Mike Parker Pearson claimed he made the “wonderful” discovery that Stonehenge stood for 400 years in west Wales before being moved to Salisbury Plain.

The famous bluestones had a previous life as a stone circle at Waun Mawn in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, it was found.

They stood there for four centuries before being dragged 140 miles – by hand - to the famous Wiltshire site, where they were resurrected.

The extraordinary discovery – kept top secret until 2021 – was explained BBC documentary on Friday.

It shows how Stonehenge, believed to be a tribute to the dead, is actually a second-hand monument, brought by neolithic people migrating east into England from Wales.

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