Despite being one of the world’s most valued heritage sites Stonehenge has never been treated with the respect that it deserves. A new visitor centre will change the way we view this national treasure.
Pondering the enigma of the imposing stone circle that stands on Salisbury Plain early in the 17th century King James I commissioned his architect general, Inigo Jones, to prepare a report on the stones’ condition and their origins. Jones concluded that only the Romans could have built such a sophisticated structure, backing up his case with crisp drawings of the stones in a pre-ruinous state, while dismissing the ancient Britons as savages incapable of building such ‘stately structures’.
Four hundred years later much the same questions are still being asked about Stonehenge. Who built it? What was it for? But in more recent years the focus has been how best to preserve the stones…
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