D28887. A popular place to visit is the late Neolithic period stone circles at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, southern England.
The site dates back to between 8500 and 7000 BCE but the current stone circles only go back to around 2500 BCE.
That’s still four and a half thousand years ago though!
Some of the stones were quarried nearby, but others came from the Presili Hills in south west Wales with others being transported all the way from the north of Scotland - that’s something in the region of 500 miles away!
The stones were arranged to be in alignment with the sunrise on the summer solstice and the sunset on the winter solstice and the horizontal lintel stones were held in place by means of mortise and tenon joints - which just goes to show what a clever lot those early builders were!
The history of Stonehenge is far too long and complex to go into here but, as always, all the gen can be found on Wikipedia (where would we be without it?!):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge
It’s a fascinating place and a visit is highly recommended.
Thursday, 5th March, 2026. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2026.
