In Profile: Stonehenge

Author: peter Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 4711

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A picnic party at Stonehenge, including Queen Victorias son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853–1884). From left to right, Colonel Campbell, Lord Brooke, R H Collins (kneeling up), the Hon Mrs Campbell, Prince Leopold (reclining, looking at camera), F Phipps (standing), W J Campbell (reclining, foreground) and Mrs R H Collins. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1877

A large lintel is placed on the top of two other stones during restoration of Stonehenge, thus completing the restoration of the Druids Circle. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

Spectators gather at Stonehenge to watch a group of Druids carry out the Dawn Ceremony on the summer solstice, or longest day of the year. This prehistoric structure on Salisbury Plain is Britains most famous venue for ancient religious rites and astronomical observances. (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images). 21st June 1956

A druid participating in a dawn ceremony as part of the Midsummer Rites at Stonehenge. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images). 30th June 1956

A sixty ton crane, one of only two of its kind in the country, lifts an eighteen ton lintel of a fallen trilithon at Stonehenge. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 29th March 1958

The spring equinox being celebrated by the Druids at Stonehenge. (Photo by Sillitoe/Evening Standard/Getty Images). 21st June 1978

Caravans, buses and tents at Stonehenge in Wiltshire. (Photo by Chris Wood/Express/Getty Images). June 1985

A man jumps in the air from the top of one of the stones to celebrate the midsummer sun as it rises over the megalithic monument of Stonehenge on June 21, 2005 on Salisbury Plain, England. Crowds gathered at the ancient stone circle to celebrate the Summer Solstice; the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

People watch the midsummer sun as it rises over the megalithic monument of Stonehenge on June 21, 2005 on Salisbury Plain, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Revellers enjoy themselves as the sun rises at Stonehenge on June 21, 2006 in Amesbury, England. An estimated 17,000 people travelled to watch the sun rise over the 5,000 year old stone circle to start the longest day of the year. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

A man stands on top of Stonehenge as the sun rises over Salisbury Plain on June 21, 2006 in Amesbury, England. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

A Solstice participant looks on at Stonehenge on December 22, 2006 in Salisbury, England. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Summer Solstice participants wait for the midsummer sun to rise over the megalithic monument of Stonehenge on June 21, 2007 on Salisbury Plain, England. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Visitors and tourists walk around the ancient monument at Stonehenge on July 14 2008 in Wiltshire, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Revellers celebrate the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge on June 21, 2009 near Amesbury, England. Record crowds were expected to watch the sunrise over the ancient monument on the longest day of the year at 4.58am. Police had warned they would crack down on anti-social behaviour. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

The moon rises over Stonehenge on November 30, 2009 near Amesbury, England. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and internet search engine Google have teamed up to provide internet users with the ability to explore a number of World Heritage sites online using Googles Street View software. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Druid Arthur Uther Pendragon, formally known as John Rothwell, conducts a service at Stonehenge on December 22, 2009 in Wiltshire, England. Hundreds of people gathered at the famous stone circle to celebrate the sunrise closest to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

A druid looks to the sky at a Solstice sunset service as people gather in the megalithic monument of Stonehenge on June 20, 2010 on the edge of Salisbury Plain, west of Amesbury, England. Thousands of revellers began gathering for sunset at the 5,000 year old stone circle to see the sunrise on the following day, which is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and is known as the Summer Solstice. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

A dramatic sunset acts as a backdrop to Stonehenge on November 20, 2008 in Stonehenge, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Footsteps in the snow lead from the historic monument of Stonehenge on January 9 2010, in Wiltshire, England. T (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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