Here is our favorite, among the standing stones. Great look.
It is also a favorite, because it is honest. It shows its reaction to the site wrecked by over-mowing, chain-link fencing, roadways. These measures may well be needed because Stonhenge is right on the motorway from London and people can get there in a blink. There is a pedestrian tunnel beneath the road for all the tourists. So there are lots of people. And among people, enough will be irresponsible, so the site suffers.
This is a stone in a zoo, its spirit gone.
Here is the predictable view.
Compare these tamed giants with the wild standing stones in the Hebrides and Orkney, that remain remote and more primitive in surroundings. See Hebrides Road Ways; and Orkney Road Ways. So much more is felt. Do see those for an idea of what the original builders were doing and responding to in their world. At least the Stonehenge managers here could let the grass grow up a little. With the current manicure, one is tempted to set up a little stand, for renting putters.
Stonehenge is a World Heritage Site, in Wilstshire, England. See Stonehenge World Heritage. Scroll down there, and follow more links there.
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