"Ancient Thoughts in an Ancient Place."

This is a rook at Stonehenge. Rooks nest in the rocks there, as do jackdaws, and have done for countless years. I wonder what they think of all the humans who come to visit.

Photographer - John Westergreen, to whom I credit the marvelous and very apt title.

I've just checked and the trilithons and lintels at #Stonehenge have been successfully set to British Summer Time (UTC+1).

I really do wonder if this is a tradition we could now abandon. Such a time consuming exercise twice every year to change them

Perhaps we should abandon BST and just stick to GMT (UTC+0) and honor our four fathers and five mothers some other way?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge

#BST #SummerTime #UTC+1 #Time

Priests of #Antinous thank the #Druids who toiled tirelessly all night to move #Stonehenge stones forward one hour! Remember them the next time you complain about how inconvenient the time change is! #DaylightSavingTime #summertime in Britain and Europe. #TimeChange #SpringForward ️️

L'ingénieux système de joints utilisé pour verrouiller la position des linteaux de pierre du cercle extérieur du monument mégalithique de #Stonehenge

Crédits : Peter Dunn
Source : https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/.../building-stonehenge/
#Archaeology #Archéologie #Art #Culture #Histoire #History

„Three years after bursting on the scene in a blaze of orange, at the end of April we’ll be hanging up the hi vis.
Just Stop Oil’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now government policy, making us one of the most #successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. We’ve kept over 4.4 billion #barrels of oil in the ground and the courts have ruled new oil and gas licences #unlawful.
So it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on #Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets. But it is not the end of trials, of tagging and surveillance, of fines, probation and years in prison. We have exposed the corruption at the heart of our legal system, which protects those causing death and destruction while prosecuting those seeking to minimize harm. Just Stop Oil will continue to tell the truth in the courts, speak out for our political prisoners and call out the UK’s oppressive anti-protest laws.“

Solar Henge! Meet at Alexandra Palace in London on 29 March to observe the solar eclipse. On site will be a Stonehenge-like set of trilithons made up of solar cells. More here: https://www.nationalworld.com/read-this/experience-the-eclipse-at-solar-henge-with-hive-5041228 #Stonehenge

Neolithic stone circle in Dorset redated, possibly inspiring Stonehenge’s design

Recent archaeological research has revealed that the Flagstones monument near Dorchester, Dorset, is the earliest known circular enclosure in Britain. The results of advanced radiocarbon dating have placed it around two centuries older than previously estimated...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/neolithic-stone-circle-in-dorset-redated/

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Managed to squeeze in a 50 mile circular bike ride around Wiltshire before getting back for an afternoon/evening of six nations. However it was a school boy error going to watch Wales against England at Pewsey rugby club. #Cymru . #Stonehenge #Wiltshire #Pewsey #Rugby #SixNations.

Busy day at Stonehenge as the stones are moved forward one hour

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/09/busy-day-at-stonehenge-as-the-stones-are-moved-forward-one-hour/

Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. Watercolour on Arches A3 paper. My ancestors lived in the village nearby for a very long time. Generation after generation. #watercolour #painting #art #mastoart #stonehenge

4,000-year-old Stonehenge-like circle discovered in Denmark

Danish archaeologists have found a remarkable wooden circle from 4,000 years ago in Aars, which bears a strong resemblance to the well-known Stonehenge in Britain. Workers building a housing estate stumbled upon this structure, which has at least 45 wooden posts arranged in a ring about 30 meters (100 feet) in diameter...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/4000-year-old-stonehenge-like-circle-in-denmark/

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Ancient Dorset burial site raises questions over age of Stonehenge

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/06/flagstones-monument-dorset-burial-site-stonehenge-age

Ancient Dorset burial site raises questions over age of Stonehenge https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/06/flagstones-monument-dorset-burial-site-stonehenge-age #UniversityofExeter #Archaeology #Stonehenge #Science #England #Dorset #UKnews

Zillow has something special on show: for the tiny price of $35 million US you can own the wonderful Circle of Life, a #Stonehenge replica in Connecticut made from 700 tons of Blue Pearl Fjord granite from Norway.

Oh, and a large house and shore front property is included at no extra charge. If you like that kind of thing. More here: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/215-Uncas-Point-Rd-Guilford-CT-06437/58904013_zpid/

#Woodhenge - #Stonehenge - We are connected across ages.

"The newly discovered Danish woodhenge appeared to have a similar axis as England’s Stonehenge and Woodhenge, she said. “It shows us that they are sharing the same worldviews on large-scale areas on how to be farmers, how society connects with the supernatural."

#civilization #stoneage
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/stonehenge-circle-unearthed-denmark-woodhenge

Customizing your keyboard and you need that certain perfect something? We found it on Etsy: a #Stonehenge keycap! No, not actually promoting it. I just think it’s cool looking. (Lowkey kinda want it tbh) https://www.etsy.com/listing/995307332/stonehenge-keycap-resin-handmade-artisan

https://www.europesays.com/1878869/ 4,000-year-old Stonehenge-like circle discovered in Denmark #BronzeAge #Danmark #denmark #stonehenge