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Grandiose, world-reknowned and utterly unique, Stonehenge has held on to most of its secrets despite the efforts of archaeologists... It is impossible to put into context by looking at other stone circles because it is one of a kind - there really is nothing else remotely like it. We can find bigger stone circles at Castlerigg, Avebury, Newgrange and Stanton Drew. We can find structures within circles at Avebury, but nowhere else is the singular …

…whay they felt the need, one thing is clear enough. It mattered to the Stonehenge people to have their rings of stone. It meant a lot to them, and we can only admire their engineering - for Stonehenge is one of the oldest buildings on earth. A quick tour of Stonehenge is available to show you what it looks like from several points around the path and a couple of pictures from inside the stones...