StonehengeSee September 2008 articles, at ://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26838058/
The early pilgrims - these being far distant prehistoric, nothing "Christian," even came from other parts of Europe, not just local. This is the Neolithic era. Some skulls even show signs of surgery (didn't the ancient Egyptians also drill through skulls successfully?), see ://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-09-22-stonehenge-healing_N.htm
The early pilgrims - these being far distant prehistoric, nothing "Christian," even came from other parts of Europe, not just local. This is the Neolithic era. Some skulls even show signs of surgery (didn't the ancient Egyptians also drill through skulls successfully?), see ://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-09-22-stonehenge-healing_N.htm
Currrent dating: at 2300 BCE (Before Christian Era) see://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/September-October/Stonehenge-Said-to-Be-Place-of-Healing.html
Comment reply - We were able to get very close - park across the highway, then follow the pedestrian tunnel underneath to the stones' side. There was a gravel walkway around a tight perimeter, with some stones nearby on the other side of the walkway as well. There was a very light wirey fence, nothing formidable, more a guide. We could not wander freely inside the main area of the stones, however. Everyone stayed on the walkway.
These are too manicured - we did not get elsewhere to famous stone sites in England, but found stone circles and standing stones in the middle of fields. Look up our Orkney and Hebrides sites at Europe Road Ways for the wilder settings for standing stones. More impressive, we thought.
Comment reply - We were able to get very close - park across the highway, then follow the pedestrian tunnel underneath to the stones' side. There was a gravel walkway around a tight perimeter, with some stones nearby on the other side of the walkway as well. There was a very light wirey fence, nothing formidable, more a guide. We could not wander freely inside the main area of the stones, however. Everyone stayed on the walkway.
These are too manicured - we did not get elsewhere to famous stone sites in England, but found stone circles and standing stones in the middle of fields. Look up our Orkney and Hebrides sites at Europe Road Ways for the wilder settings for standing stones. More impressive, we thought.
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Were you able to go up close? Have you been to the Druid caves of Chiselhurst? Fascinating.
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