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Tripadvisor users slam Stonehenge as 'pile of rocks' and Arthur's Seat 'doesn't have seat'

Unhappy customers have been taking to Tripadvisor to leave one-star reviews and voice their opinions over the UK's best-loved tourist attractions, including Stonehenge, Arthur's Seat, Snowdon, and even Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Daily Mirror

Tourist says Yr Wyddfa is 'too steep' and 'people were having a poo on the way up'

Another said Stonehenge was 'just a pile of rocks'

Wales Online

Meadows to return at 100 historic sites in England to mark coronation

Ten-year project by English Heritage will see landscapes at sites including Stonehenge return to how they would have once looked

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Meadows to be established at historic English sites to mark King’s coronation

Stonehenge, Whitby Abbey and Tintagel Castle are just a few of the locations chosen

Wales Online

How starting a daily bus run led to a spike in enrolments at Stonehenge State School, in outback Queensland

Three years ago, Stonehenge State School in outback Queensland only had three students and parents and staff were worried about its future. A reliable bus service led to a spike in enrolments and 17 pupils now attend the school.

ABC News

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no.

Was Stonehenge an ancient solar calendar, as a 2022 study claimed? Not at all, says a new study by two scientists who specialize in ancient astronomy.

LiveScience

Centuries Before Stonehenge, This Settlement Housed the First European Stone Monument Builders

A barricaded settlement in west-central France was the home of people who built a Middle Neolithic cemetery, shedding light on the first megalith builders.

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'Stonehenge worker' says he has 'proof' of shape-shifting UFO over historic site

A man claiming to work at Stonehenge says two security guards have captured footage of a UFO changing shape multiple times above the site before drifting towards an Army base

Daily Mirror

‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to the public

Thornborough Henges will open to the public from Friday

Evening Standard

The Scottish area named as a top 2023 travel spot by The New York Times

The newspaper dubbed Kilmartin Glen as a 'misty Stonehenge without the crowds'.

Daily Record

Contracts worth £1.3bn awarded for A303 Stonehenge tunnel scheme

National Highways has announced deals with an international group of construction companies, civil engineering firm Costain and consultancy Mott MacDonald

Birmingham Post

Stonehenge exhibition highlights similarities between ancient British and Japanese cultures

The parallels suggest the communities are ideologically closer than one might imagine

The Guardian - UK

The summer solstice: What is it and when does it occur?

The summer solstice marks the start of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year. Here we explore when the summer solstice occurs and why.

Space

UK heritage attractions - including Stonehenge - to close for Queen's funeral

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral is next Monday

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Four castles and a cathedral named the top historic Welsh attractions by Which?

The Welsh sites beat other iconic locations like Westminster Abbey, Stonehenge and Shakespeare's birthplace

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People Produced Beer In German Stonehenge Over 4,000 Years Ago

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient brewery dating back to over 4,000 years ago in the so-called German Stonehenge.

Reuters

'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam

A brutal summer has caused havoc for many in rural Spain, but one unexpected side-effect of the country's worst drought in decades has delighted archaeologists - the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle in a dam whose waterline has receded.

Daily Mirror

Tourist told to 'get real' for calling Stonehenge 'biggest joke in Europe' on TripAdvisor

Stonehenge sees more than 800,000 tourists a year, but one was left annoyed enough to leave a long review over the 'bunch of rocks' - they also described their visit as 'the worst moment of my life'

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Stonehenge is 'biggest joke in Europe' according to Tripadvisor review

One tourist described it as 'just a bunch of rocks' and 'the worst moment of my life'

Daily Mirror

Dramatic 'Manhattanhenge' images where sun aligns perfectly with skyscrapers

People flocked to see "Manhattanhenge" in New York where the sunsets in perfect alignment with skyscrapers which only happens four times each year. It has been coined due to its comparison with Stonehenge

The National (Scotland)

Paganism is on the rise in Scotland – and that makes perfect sense

LAST week, I stood in the circle of Stonehenge and watched the summer solstice sunrise.

ABC News

Thousands flock back to Stonehenge to welcome back 'euphoric' summer solstice

Druids, pagans and New Age revellers gather in their thousands to watch the sunrise at Stonehenge during the summer solstice for the first time in two years.

The Independent UK

In Pictures: Summer solstice celebrations at Stonehenge

Thousands of people have marked the dawning of the longest day at the Wiltshire monument.

Evening Standard

Crowds flock back to summer solstice at Stonehenge after Covid hiatus

More than 6,000 people gathered at Stonehenge on Tuesday morning in the first celebration of the summer solstice at the historic site for three years.

Daily Mirror

Stonehenge slammed as 'an over glorified pile of rocks' in scathing Tripadvisor review

Stonehenge and Blackpool came in for some serious stick on review writing website Tripadvisor, with poor phone reception and "alcoholics, homeless and pot heads" wrecking Brits' visits

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