Stonehenge, Druid Festival
by British Library
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Stonehenge, Druid Festival
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British Library
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Entitled "Grand religious festival of the early Britons in the druidical temple of Stonehenge." Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archeological evidence indicates that Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. The dating of cremated remains found on the site indicate that deposits contain human bone from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug. Such deposits continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years. Throughout the 20th century, Stonehenge began to be revived as a place of religious significance, this time by adherents of Neopagan and New Age beliefs, particularly the Neo-druids. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986. Image taken from page 33 of "The History of England; from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688" by D. Hume with a continuation, from that period to the death of George the Second, by Tobias Smollett and Chronological Records to the coronation of his present Majesty, George the Fourth, by John Burke with numerous engravings, 1825.
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