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What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?

Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers

The Independent UK

Campaigners in High Court battle to stop Stonehenge road tunnel

Lawyers and campaigners say government has failed to consider that two-mile tunnel risks Stonehenge losing UNESCO world heritage site

The Independent UK

240 homes rejected on site '6,000 years older than Stonehenge'

This was the latest application from Leverhulme Estates to be rejected as part of plans for more than 1,000 homes in Wirral

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Forgotten ‘Stonehenge of the north’ given to nation by construction firm

Two sections of the Thornborough Henges come off Historic England’s at-risk register after donation

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Thornborough Henges site deemed ‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to public

Thornborough Henges have been described as ‘probably the most important single ancient site between Stonehenge and the Orkney Islands in Scotland’

The Independent UK

‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to public as site is gifted to the nation

Thornborough Henges have been described as ‘probably the most important single ancient site between Stonehenge and the Orkney Islands in Scotland’.

The Independent UK

Thousands attend winter solstice celebrations

Around 4,500 people were at Stonehenge to mark the shortest day.

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Archaeologists say find near Stonehenge is ancient goldsmith’s toolkit

Reanalysis of millennia-old axes and polished stones found in 1802 has revealed tiny traces of gold

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Vicky Pattison raises thousands as she honours late grandad with emotional 26 mile Stonehenge trek

The former Geordie Shore star raised £3,000 in memory of her grandad who sadly died from dementia

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EXPLAINER: When is Manhattanhenge? Where can you see it?

There’s still time to catch Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and bathes the urban canyons in a rosy glow

The Independent UK

‘Solitude and awful wildness’: why you should visit Castlerigg stone circle

Instead of fighting the crowds at Stonehenge, head to beautiful Keswick to visit one of the country’s earliest monuments – solstice or no solstice

The Guardian - UK

Mystery of Stonehenge ‘solved’ as ancient Egyptians used it for solar calendar, expert claims

Professor Timothy Darvill said the site was designed as a calendar to help people keep track of the days, weeks and months

The Independent UK

Summer Solstice 2022 - what does it mean, as 6,000 flock to Stonehenge

Summer Solstice is here to mark the beginning of the summer - as revellers head out to historic sights including Glastonbury Tor and Stonehenge, where 6,000 are reported to have gathered overnight

Daily Mirror

Summer solstice celebrated at Stonehenge for first time since 2019

Police said the event was peaceful with only two arrests

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The Independent UK

Thousands attend summer solstice at Stonehenge

Those who observed the spectacle at the neolithic monument in Wiltshire encountered a chilly morning accompanied by clear skies at 4.49am.

The Guardian - UK

Summer solstice crowds flock back to Stonehenge after Covid hiatus

Pagans and party-goers head back to Salisbury Plain in their thousands as site reopens for annual festivities

The National (Scotland)

Queen projected onto Stonehenge to mark Jubilee - prompting widespread mockery

ENGLISH Heritage has been widely mocked online after it projected pictures of the Queen onto Stonehenge.

The Independent UK

Queen photos projected onto Stonehenge and Marble Arch to celebrate Platinum Jubilee

HRH’s face will illuminate national landmarks to celebrate 70th year on the throne

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Secrets surrounding 5,000-year-old Stonehenge revealed in ancient fossilised POO

The mystery of Stonehenge has bamboozled archaeologists for decades, but a detailed picture of the people who visited the site about 5,000 years is slowly coming to light

The Independent UK

Prehistoric faeces reveal parasites from feasting near Stonehenge

Analysis of the faeces found at the site of a prehistoric village near the monument has uncovered evidence of the eggs of parasitic worms.

The Independent UK

Experts uncover series of Stonehenge mystery monuments that could reveal secrets of the past

Prehistoric people created a vast network of monuments inside the sacred landscape’s bedrock

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge exhibition explores parallels with Japanese stone circles

Objects never before seen outside Japan will be part of show on similarities to Jōmon monuments

The Independent UK

Stonehenge ‘was built on land inhabited by deer and wild boar 4,000 years earlier’

Scientists from the University of Southampton have examined Blick Mead, a Mesolithic archaeological site about a mile away from Stonehenge.

Wales Online

Meet the last person who will ever be born at Stonehenge - after 'hippie' mum went into labour at festival

"It is a truly magical feeling of standing at one of the great wonders of the world and knowing you were born there"

Daily Mirror

Largest comet EVER weighing 500 trillion tons moving towards Earth at 22,000mph

The C/2014 UN271, or the Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, has a nucleus of about 80 miles in diameter, which is about the distance from London to Stonehenge

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