Make sure that Stonehenge is on your list of places to go with the kids in Wiltshire.
Located near Salisbury in the Wiltshire countryside, it is an iconic symbol of Britain and the South West. Any visit to the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site should include this world-famous Stone Circle.
Dating back 4,500 years, the true meaning of this awe-inspiring creation remains a mystery. Many theories have been put forward – who could have built it, when and for what purpose? Was it a temple for sun worship, a healing centre, a burial site or perhaps a huge calendar?
How did our ancestors carry the mighty stones from so far away and then, using only the most primitive of tools, build this amazing structure?
It appears that Stonehenge is not an isolated monument, but one part of an extraordinary landscape of early Neolithic, late Neolithic and early Bronze Age monuments, giving insight into ceremonial and mortuary practices at that time.
Two types of stone were used and brought from great distances – probably South Wales and near Marlborough, each st…
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