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Revellers gather at Stonehenge for summer solstice celebrations

Thousands made the pilgrimage to the ancient stone circle to witness the sunrise on the longest day of the year

Evening Standard

Thousands gather at Stonehenge for annual ritual marking the summer solstice

Druids, pagans, hippies, local residents, tourists and costumed witches and wizards are gathering around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun, or to have some communal fun

The Independent UK

Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2023 entry, timings and travel

Here is everything you need to know about this year's Summer Solstice festival

Bristol Post

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Ancient Britons built Stonehenge – then vanished. Is science closing in on their killers?

New clues from an ancient plague are pushing us to rethink where Britons were ‘really’ from, says academic and author Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK

Vast cemetery of Bronze Age burial mounds unearthed near Stonehenge

The cemetery was built at the same time as most of Stonehenge.

LiveScience

6,000-year-old wood carving could solve Stonehenge mystery

The oldest decorated wooden object ever found in Britain has been discovered near Stonehenge

The Independent UK

When Keir Starmer defended Stonehenge protesters

Brief letters: Right to protest | Hansard | Musical youth | Purrfect pet names

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Glastonbury 2023 reveals new area as festival gets its second 'Stonehenge'

It will be the second version of Stonehenge on the festival site

Bristol Post

Tripadvisor users slam Stonehenge as 'pile of rocks' and Arthur's Seat 'doesn't have seat'

Unhappy customers have been taking to Tripadvisor to leave one-star reviews and voice their opinions over the UK's best-loved tourist attractions, including Stonehenge, Arthur's Seat, Snowdon, and even Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Daily Mirror

Tourist says Yr Wyddfa is 'too steep' and 'people were having a poo on the way up'

Another said Stonehenge was 'just a pile of rocks'

Wales Online

Meadows to return at 100 historic sites in England to mark coronation

Ten-year project by English Heritage will see landscapes at sites including Stonehenge return to how they would have once looked

The Guardian - UK

Meadows to be established at historic English sites to mark King’s coronation

Stonehenge, Whitby Abbey and Tintagel Castle are just a few of the locations chosen

Wales Online

How starting a daily bus run led to a spike in enrolments at Stonehenge State School, in outback Queensland

Three years ago, Stonehenge State School in outback Queensland only had three students and parents and staff were worried about its future. A reliable bus service led to a spike in enrolments and 17 pupils now attend the school.

ABC News

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no.

Was Stonehenge an ancient solar calendar, as a 2022 study claimed? Not at all, says a new study by two scientists who specialize in ancient astronomy.

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Centuries Before Stonehenge, This Settlement Housed the First European Stone Monument Builders

A barricaded settlement in west-central France was the home of people who built a Middle Neolithic cemetery, shedding light on the first megalith builders.

Daily Mirror

'Stonehenge worker' says he has 'proof' of shape-shifting UFO over historic site

A man claiming to work at Stonehenge says two security guards have captured footage of a UFO changing shape multiple times above the site before drifting towards an Army base

Evening Standard

‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to the public

Thornborough Henges will open to the public from Friday

Daily Record

The Scottish area named as a top 2023 travel spot by The New York Times

The newspaper dubbed Kilmartin Glen as a 'misty Stonehenge without the crowds'.

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Birmingham Post

Contracts worth £1.3bn awarded for A303 Stonehenge tunnel scheme

National Highways has announced deals with an international group of construction companies, civil engineering firm Costain and consultancy Mott MacDonald

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge exhibition highlights similarities between ancient British and Japanese cultures

The parallels suggest the communities are ideologically closer than one might imagine

Space

The summer solstice: What is it and when does it occur?

The summer solstice marks the start of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year. Here we explore when the summer solstice occurs and why.

Wales Online

UK heritage attractions - including Stonehenge - to close for Queen's funeral

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral is next Monday

Wales Online

Four castles and a cathedral named the top historic Welsh attractions by Which?

The Welsh sites beat other iconic locations like Westminster Abbey, Stonehenge and Shakespeare's birthplace

Zenger

People Produced Beer In German Stonehenge Over 4,000 Years Ago

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient brewery dating back to over 4,000 years ago in the so-called German Stonehenge.

Reuters

'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam

A brutal summer has caused havoc for many in rural Spain, but one unexpected side-effect of the country's worst drought in decades has delighted archaeologists - the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle in a dam whose waterline has receded.

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