Perched on the chalk uplands of Salisbury Plain the megaliths of Stonehenge offer one of the most recognizable outlines of any ancient structure Its purpose
- place of worship sacrificial arena giant calendar
- is unknown but its story is one of the most extraordinary of any of the world's prehistoric monuments Constructed in several phases over a period of some 1500 years beginning c 3000 BC Stonehenge's key elements are its bluestones' transported from West Wales by unexplained means & sarsen stones quarried from the nearby Marlborough Downs Francis Pryor delivers a rigorous account of the nature & history of Stonehenge but also places the enigmatic stones in a wider cultural context exploring how antiquarians scholars writers artists 'the heritage industry'
- & even neopagans
- have interpreted the site over the centuries