I had heard about Stonehenge and had always wanted to go there. It was just icing on the cake when my daughter Karen said to get to Port Isaac, our primary destination, we would stop at Stonehenge and Bristol. The various stops were wonderful proving again it is not the destination but the journey and when you travel with people you love it is like no other kind of travel.
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.[1]
Archaeologists believe the iconic stone monument was constructed anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
There was a legend started in the Middle Ages that the stones were brought over from Ireland after fierce battles with the Irish . Merlin, the magician of King Arthur's Court, supposedly started the project.
A different view of the stones
We were there on December 21, the winter solstice. Solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice each year when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the North or South Pole. These folk dancers were part of the many who came that day to celbrate the solstice.
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