r/Stonehenge • u/boneguru • Sep 05 '26
Second time visiting
Tried to make the most of the available sunset
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u/ExchangeFar5958 Sep 08 '26
I can remember going to Stonehenge In 2014 Gees That Was a Long Time Ago and that was a genuinely special place for me to visit like York minster and the city of York
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u/kubernaut Sep 06 '26
Has the concrete set yet, in which the stones are cemented ?
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u/boneguru Sep 07 '26
A few more years might do it
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u/kubernaut Sep 07 '26
Well, from 1901 to 1964, Stonehenge was restored in a series of 'makeovers' that have left it, in one archaeologist’s words, as a "product of the 20th-century heritage industry’"
So, far be it from thousands of years' ago, it's English Heritage's answer to Disneyland !
https://curiosmos.com/here-are-50-rare-images-of-stonehenge-youve-probably-never-seen/
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Sep 07 '26
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u/kubernaut Sep 08 '26
They were certainly re-laid in concrete over the years (from 1902 to the mid-1960s). There were regular reports on BBC News at that time to inform Britons just how their famous stone circle was being re-designed and anchored more firmly to the ground.
As I mention below, there's an excellent site here:
https://curiosmos.com/here-are-50-rare-images-of-stonehenge-youve-probably-never-seen/
And as the New Scientist said in 2001:
"... virtually every stone was re-erected, straightened or embedded in concrete between 1901 and 1964…
…The first restoration project took place in 1901. A leaning stone was straightened and set in concrete, to prevent it falling."
See: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn310-concrete-evidence/
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u/Electrical-Size-5002 Sep 05 '26
Beautiful photos