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With Collections Care Assistants at the forefront of the conservation cleaning, everything from Kenwood’s neoclassical chandeliers to Audley End’s great library is dusted, thoroughly checked and deep cleaned ahead of re-opening for the season. In this article Celeste Allen investigates just how much work goes into to getting our sites ready to open.
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The names used to describe different parts of Stonehenge can be confusing. Here you can find definitive explanations for the words used.
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Test your solstice knowledge with our quiz, written by our Senior Properties Historian, Susan Greaney.
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Neolithic food miles: travelling to Stonehenge
In the late Neolithic period, around the time that the Stonehenge sarsens were raised about 4,500 years ago, Durrington Walls, which lies around 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge, played host to vast feasts. But where did all the people who gathered here come from, and how do we know?
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Sites to visit in the South West
Whether it's Stonehenge in Salisbury, or Tintagel in Cornwall, your class will be inspired by our awesome sites in the South West. Visit for free, or let us lead the way with a great-value, expert-led Discovery Visit.
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The Great Stones Way is a 36 mile trail running past Stonehenge and OId Sarum. Sarah Baxter, author of A History of the World in 500 Walks, explores.
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Woodhenge is a concentric timber monument built in about 2500 BC, around the same time as Stonehenge and only 2 miles away from it. Today it forms part of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.
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Dating from about 2500 BC, markers now replace rings of timber posts, which once possibly supported a ring-shaped building. Discovered in 1925 when rings of dark spots were noticed in a crop of wheat.