A TRADITION dating back 5,000 years is to be recreated in Amesbury to mark the mid-winter solstice. The town is holding its first lantern parade for centuries and hundreds of people are expected to take part. The procession will take place on Wednesday, December 21 and walkers will set off from Stonehenge as the sun [...]
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Winter Solstice – Ancient tradition to be recreated in Amesbury
Posted in christmas, english culture, salisbury events, Stonehenge, stonehenge at sunset, Stonehenge private tours, strange wiltshire, visit wiltshire, wessex, Winter Solstice 2011 on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Archaeologists make new Stonehenge ‘sun worship’ find
Posted in Archaeologists, british history, prehistory, sightseeing tours, Stonehenge, Stonehenge at sunrise, stonehenge at sunset, stonehenge cusus, Stonehenge private tours, visit wiltshire, wessex on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones were erected. The pits are positioned on celestial alignment at the site and may have contained stones, posts or fires to mark the rising and setting of the sun. An [...]
Olympic Flame will visit every corner of the West Country
Posted in Glastonbury Tor, olympic games tickets, olympics 2012, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, visit wiltshire, wessex, weymouth olympics, Wiltshire, world heritage on November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The detailed route for the Olympic torch announced today sees the flame visiting more than 50 West Country communities, and passing historic landmarks including Stonehenge and Glastonbury Tor. More than 95 per cent of the population will be within ten miles of the torch as it makes a snaking journey from Cornwall to London’s Olympic [...]
Halloween – Celtic festivals – Samhain. October 31st
Posted in Avebury, British Folklore, celtic festival, Celts, England facts, english culture, halloween, History, samhain, stone circle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, wessex, Wiltshire on October 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Samhain marks one of the two great doorways of the Celtic year, for the Celts divided the year into two seasons: the light and the dark, at Beltane on May 1st and Samhain on November 1st. Some believe that Samhain was the more important festival, marking the beginning of a whole new cycle, just as [...]
Bath Christmas Market 24 November – 11 December 2011
Posted in bath and stonehenge tours, bath tours, Christmas Tours, cotswolds tours, countryside, December 2011 UK tours, Stonehenge on October 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Each year, the beautiful area between the stunning Bath Abbey and the internationally renowned visitor attraction, the Roman Baths, is transformed into a Christmas shopper’s haven – the Bath Christmas Market. We are delighted to announce that the Bath Christmas Market is now running for an additional week – a total of 18 days! Dates for the Bath Christmas Market 2011 [...]
Mesolithic Discovery Could Alter Our Understanding of Stonehenge
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, History, neolithic, salisbury museum, stone circle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, wessex, Wiltshire, world heritage on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A pair of carved stone ducks unearthed at Vespasian’s Camp near Stonehenge are believed to be the oldest known figurines found in the UK, and are amongst other findings that suggest the sacred site was in use several thousand years before the megalith itself was constructed. Led by archeologist David Jacques at The Open University, [...]
The votes are in: your favourite British building
Posted in architecture, countryside, durham cathedral, sightseeing, sightseeing tours, Stonehenge, world heritage on September 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The results of our readers’ vote for Britain’s best building are in. Did your favourite win? When we asked which British building you thought deserved to take the final place in our Britain’s best building series, we got a wonderful response and a vast range of suggestions from the very old Stonehenge to the not [...]
Don’t ignore Britain’s pre-Christian architecture
Posted in archaeology, architecture, prehistory, roman baths, Romans, stone circle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, Wiltshire on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No comprehensive guide to our islands’ buildings should exclude Hadrian’s Wall or Stonehenge Jonathan Glancey’s introduction to the Guardian’s Guide to British Architecture encourages a reading of architecture and an immersion in its language (Architecture: an autobiography, 10 September). The buildings “tell tales of people who have lived, loved and worked inside them”. The stories of [...]
Avebury Stone Circle – Strange Wiltshire
Posted in archaeology, Avebury, British Folklore, british history, neolithic, prehistory, sightseeing, silbury hill, Stonehenge, strange wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The ancient standing stones at Avebury, lie between Swindon and Devizes on the A4361. Avebury rings are a World Heritage site and attracts thousands of visitors annually, who are no doubt intrigued by the mystery that surrounds their construction. The henge is believed to date back to around 2600BC; just what motivated our ancestors to [...]
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