Stonehenge

Stonehenge tunnel campaigners launch legal battle against decision to approve plan

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Stonehenge tunnel campaigners launch legal battle against decision to approve ‘wasteful and destructive’ £1.7billion road plan Ministers have approved proposal for new two-mile tunnel south of current road Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site has instructed lawyers Wrote to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warning of possible legal challenge   By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 16:49 … Read more

Stonehenge tunnel campaigners launch legal battle against decision to approve plan

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Stonehenge tunnel campaigners launch legal battle against decision to approve ‘wasteful and destructive’ £1.7billion road plan Ministers have approved proposal for new two-mile tunnel south of current road Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site has instructed lawyers Wrote to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warning of possible legal challenge   By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 16:49 … Read more

Leading druid vows to fight ‘desecration’ plan to build road tunnel under Stonehenge

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A leading druid, who claims to be a reincarnation of King Arthur, has slammed the proposed road tunnel under Stonehenge and has vowed to fight the ‘desecration’.  King Arthur Uther Pendragon, 66, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, who considers Stonehenge sacred, has teamed up with archaeologists to take the plans to judicial review. The £1.7billion tunnel plan is … Read more

Leading druid vows to fight ‘desecration’ plan to build road tunnel under Stonehenge

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A leading druid, who claims to be a reincarnation of King Arthur, has slammed the proposed road tunnel under Stonehenge and has vowed to fight the ‘desecration’.  King Arthur Uther Pendragon, 66, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, who considers Stonehenge sacred, has teamed up with archaeologists to take the plans to judicial review. The £1.7billion tunnel plan is … Read more

Plan for tunnel diverting traffic away from Stonehenge gets green light

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A £1.7billion plan to build a tunnel diverting traffic away from Stonehenge has today been given the green light. The new road tunnel is planned to be built south of the current A303, which runs within a few hundred metres of the famous UNESCO world heritage site in Wiltshire. Those backing the plans to move … Read more

England and Wales captured in a set of stunning drone photos, from the Jurassic Coast to Stonehenge

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He made aircraft wings – now he’s hoping to be a high-flying professional drone photographer. Matthew Perks, from Bristol, used to build wings for hi-tech aircraft component manufacturer GKN Aerospace, but over the past three years discovered a love for drone photography. And that he has a knack for it – as these stunning photographs … Read more

Mini model of Stonehenge created by scientists could reveal how the ancient monument SOUNDED

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The first-ever scale model of Stonehenge that lets researchers explore how the monument would have sounded in its heyday has been created by UK researchers. The model was made using 3D printing and custom modelling techniques, and represents how the monument would have originally looked and sounded.   Researchers hope that sound tests with the 157-stone … Read more

Stonehenge had acoustics ‘like a modern day cinema’, study says

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Sound reverberated inside Stonehenge thousands of years ago, according to a new study. Researchers in the UK used a scale model to study the acoustic qualities of the mysterious monument built some 4,000 years ago, when all 157 stones were intact. To approximate the original location and shape of the stones, laser-scanned data of Stonehenge’s … Read more

Millions tune in to watch virtual Stonehenge sunrise to celebrate Summer Solstice

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Britain braces for hottest day of the year next week as Met Office forecasts sizzling 93F temperatures by Thursday after millions tuned in to watch virtual Stonehenge sunrise to celebrate Summer Solstice More than 3.6mil people tuned in to a livestream from Stonehenge on Saturday night and Sunday morning Due to the pandemic English Heritage broadcast … Read more

Millions tune in to watch virtual Stonehenge sunrise to celebrate Summer Solstice

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Millions tune in to watch virtual Stonehenge sunrise to celebrate Summer Solstice as forecasters predict 86F heatwave will hit from Tuesday making it hotter than the Canary Islands More than 3.6mil people tuned in to a livestream from Stonehenge on Saturday night and Sunday morning Due to the pandemic English Heritage broadcast footage from the famous … Read more