Stonehenge in cultural context

The latest interpretations of Stonehenge continue to generate reports and commentary across the media. Therein lies part of the basis of a readable and interesting article in The Guardian which looks at the monument’s place in our national consciousness, and the ways it has influenced different generations.

I was particularly struck by the fact that Jaquetta Hawkes in A Land suggested seventy years ago the idea that appears to have now been demonstrated, that the blue stone circle was indeed once a separate monument that was moved such a distance because of its sacred character to its new site.

The article can read at Another part of the Stonehenge mystery has been unearthed before our eyes