THE first two crop circles of the summer have appeared close to Stonehenge. Both lie in a barley field just off the A360, near Airman’s Corner. Francine Blake of the Wiltshire Crop Circle Study Group said the first, which is 170ft in diameter, is an important symbol similar to one from the ancient Mayan culture, [...]
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Stonehenge Crop Circles appear
Posted in crop circles, events in wiltshire, Salisbury Guided Tours, sightseeing, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, strange wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire, Wiltshire Crop Circles on July 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Stonehenge and Georgian Bath – Bathing with the Druids
Posted in bath and stonehenge tours, bath tours, british history, Druids, royal circus, royal crescent, sightseeing, stone circle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bath | Stonehenge | Paganism | Ley Lines| Druids | Masonic Lodge It is said that the Circus is joined to the Royal Crescent by a ley-line, that they represent the sun and the moon, and that Brock St which links them is the most paranormally active street in Bath! The circumference of the Circus [...]
Visiting Stonehenge ?
Posted in british history, Salisbury Guided Tours, sightseeing, sightseeing tours, stone circle, Stonehenge, stonehenge cusus, Stonehenge private tours, strange wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire, world heritage on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What was there before Stonehenge? Stonehenge is a multiphased monument ie built in phases over a long period of time. It was built between 3000 and 2000 BC, but is part of a much larger ceremonial landscape which dates back somewhere up to 10,500 years ago. The earliest monuments in the landscape are marked by [...]
Crop Circle season begins. The first crop circle of the season appears in historic Wiltshire field
Posted in Avebury, cley hill, crop circles, events in wiltshire, sightseeing, stone circle, strange wiltshire, ufo, Wiltshire, Wiltshire Crop Circles on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The unseasonably warm spring weather has not only brought forward many summer flowers – it has sparked the usual round of crop circles. An elaborate 100ft circle which appeared overnight has caused a stir after it was found in a field of oil seed rape near Silbury Hill, Wiltshire. The extraordinary floral creation is comprised [...]
May Day Traditions
Posted in british history, England facts, english culture, events in wiltshire, may day, old sarum, sightseeing, strange wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on May 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers and trees start to blossom. It is said to be a time of love and romance. It is when people celebrate the coming of summer with lots of different customs [...]
The ‘seven wonders of Britain’
Posted in 7 wonders, eden project, England facts, english culture, sightseeing, Stonehenge, travel review, UK Tourism updates, Wiltshire on April 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Modern tourist attractions such as the London Eye and Cornwall’s £86 million Eden Project rank alongside historic sites including Stonehenge among the “Seven Wonders of Britain”, according to a survey published today. The British equivalent to the original Seven Wonders of the World span a 4,000-year period from prehistoric Stonehenge in Wiltshire to the 450ft [...]
Hedges and hedgerows in England
Posted in british history, Celts, cotswolds tours, countryside, History, sightseeing, Wiltshire on March 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Few things have helped create the look of the English countryside more than hedgerows. Hedges have been used for a long time in England, yet for all their antiquity, much of the familiar checkerboard pattern they help create is of very recent vintage. Hedges have been used as field boundaries in England since the times [...]
Thatching – A traditional British craft
Posted in cotswolds tours, England facts, english culture, History, sightseeing, thatched roof, Wiltshire on March 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Loosely speaking, thatching is the use of straw or grasses as a building material. Using thatch for roofing goes back as far as the Bronze Age in Britain. At Shearplace Hall in Dorset there are remains of a round hut that shows signs of thatching. Thatched cottages and farm buildings were the norm in rural [...]
MoD Releases Thousands Of ‘X-Files’ – Strange Wiltshire
Posted in cley hill, crop circles, sightseeing, strange wiltshire, ufo, UK Tourism updates, Wiltshire Crop Circles on March 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thousands of files with details of UFO sightings and an “alien abduction” in London have been released for the first time by the Ministry Of Defence. Over the last fifty years thousands of people across Wiltshire have recorded seeing strange sights in the skies – and in many cases the same pulsing lights hovering above [...]
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