Sunday was a day trip out to some of the ancient, and bizarre sights of Southern England. First stop to attempt to avoid the crowds was Stonehenge. Through some good planning we actually were able to get a photo without the hords of people in. This meant we had to lay down in the grass and try to block them all out with foliage! We actually spent 2 hrs here relaxing and learning about the history (and trying to block out other tourists). The largest stones were brought from about 19 miles away, but some of the smaller ones (only 5 tons) were brought all the way from Wales. Pretty incredible feat.
From here, we drove to Woodhenge (no joke). Although, when we arrived there are just concrete stumps in place of where they think old wood pillar circles used to be.
We drove through a military area, complete with 'Tank Crossings' (pictured in Flickr), and up to Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow. Silbury Hill is a very large, bizarre conical hill built thousands of years ago. There are no burial chambers or anything that they know of. West Kennet was a long (200 ft) burial chamber built 5000 yrs ago. You are able to enter into the old structure.
Last stop for the day was Avebury, with it's strange stone circle. Again, very large stones place in a circle but this time large enough that they built a small village in the centre. They also had a lot of information regarding crop circle in the area that kept appearing. Some very intricate designs and amazing patterns. Aliens???? Doubtful!
Not sure of the meanings of all these sights, only the ancient people know, but it made for a very interesting day out. Stub
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