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Event    :    Evening Stroll around the Stonehenge Landscape
Venue    :    Wiltshire Countryside, Stonehenge Landscape (in Wiltshire)
Date(s)    :    Wednesday 15 August 2007
Description    :    Explore the atmospheric Stonehenge Landscape and discover the wildlife that comes out as the sun slowly sets
Time(s)    :    8pm-10pm
Contact    :    01672 539167
sarah.hobbs@nationaltrust.org.uk
Notes    :    Please book with property. Free of charge, suggested donation of £2

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Stonehenge, one of the most visited historical sites in Britain, is universally admired as an amazing feat of engineering.
Yet to this day it remains a mystery.
Experts have traced its origins to the once great civilisations of the Stone and Bronze Ages, between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago. But what it was built for remains a riddle to this day.
If you have always had your own ideas as to what its purpose was but were unwilling to voice them for fear of ridicule, now is your chance for you to write in with your own explanations.
The Daily Echo has teamed up with English Heritage for a competition to see what people think Stonehenge was built for.

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Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

English Heritage is pleased to be providing Managed Open Access to Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice.  Please help us to create a peaceful occasion by taking personal responsibility and following the Conditions of Entry set out below. 

We have a duty of care to ensure public safety and are responsible for the protection of Stonehenge and its surrounding Monuments.  Please read and observe the entry conditions.  If we are to ensure that future access is sustainable, it is essential that everyone abides by these Conditions of Entry.

English Heritage continues to work closely with the many agencies and people from all sectors of the community and would like to thank them for their help and support.

Parking and entry will be free, subject to the Conditions of Entry.  Please do not arrive at the Solstice Car Park or Stonehenge in advance of the opening time.

Solstice Car Park Opens: 1900 hours (7pm) Wednesday 20th June
Access to Stonehenge: 2030 hours (8.30pm) Wednesday 20th June
Stonehenge Closes: 0800 hours (8am) Thursday 21st June
Last Admission to Solstice Car Park: 0600 hours (6am) Thursday 21st June
Solstice Car Park to be Vacated: 12 Noon Thursday 21st June

Sunset on Wednesday 20th June 2007 is 2126 hrs (9.26pm)
Sunrise will occur at 0458 hrs (4.58am) on Thursday 21st June 2007

We would like to wish you a happy solstice.

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Stonehenge in Google Earth
This is a view of a Google Earth model that researchers have used to demonstrate some of their equipment at the i-Science labs.
Once loaded, click on the different Alignments to view the rising sun or moon as seen from Stonehenge.

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Latitude: 51.178862° Longitude: -1.826405°

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Stonehenge  is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, and there is still an element of mystery attached to it. Why was this ancient monument built?
This prehistoric circle is located on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, in southwest England. It consists of a circle of standing stones surrounded by earthworks. Archaeologists think the stones were erected around 3200 BC, which means they have been standing for some 5000 years.

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With just under a month to go until Summer Solstice at Avebury, the National Trust, which owns and manages Avebury, Wiltshire Police, Kennet District Council, Avebury Parish Council, English Heritage and Avebury Sacred Sites Forum have joined together to publicise arrangements for this year's Solstice.
The combined organisations are advising people planning to attend to come by public transport due to the limited nature of car parking provision available on the night of Solstice, Wednesday 20 June. In addition, high-sided vehicles, including campervans, caravans and motorhomes, will not be able to access the car park at Avebury as in order to comply with an Enforcement Notice the National Trust has installed a height barrier.

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Mayan dancers will be hosting a traditional sun ceremony at the Neolithic Stonehenge monument later this month.
Mayan cultural group Hamba'kan will be performing at the stone circle as part of the Salisbury International Arts Festival on May 30 and 31 at 8pm.

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Why did Stonehenge become the monument we see today? And how did it function? Using archaeology, geology, and astronomy, a 'Burlington House Lecture' on June 21 ( the summer solstice) by two of the worlds experts on the monument explores the development of the site from humble beginnings to the most elaborate stone circle in Britain.
The lecture, at the Geological Society, will be given by Professor Darvill, Professor of Archaeology at Bournemouth University (Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries) and Professor Ruggles, Emeritus Professor of Archaeoastronomy at the University of Leicester ( Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Astronomical Society).

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The Stonehenge that took 1000 years to build has long drawn pagans and druids to celebrate solstice rituals, but Stonehenge Aotearoa has just had its first ancient druid-led ceremony.
As the sun set last night at the Kiwi-style Stonehenge, built on a hill east of Carterton, druids from across New Zealand - along with Britain's Chief Druid, Phillip Carr-Gomm - gathered to be part of the ancient ceremony of Alban Elfed, the autumn equinox.

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Three men dressed as cartoon caveman Fred Flintstone climbed on top of Stonehenge today to protest about Tory leader David Cameron's comments on absent fathers.
The trio, from Fathers 4 Justice, scaled the ancient stones on Salisbury Plain shortly after 9am with supplies to last up to three days.

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