Stonehenge

Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the world, the great and ancient stone circle stands as a timeless testimony to the people who built it. Two British archaeologists say that the mysterious structures of Stonehenge may have been built as a kind of prehistoric healing shrine, which was constructed in 2300BC.

Before Stonehenge was built thousands of years ago, the whole of Salisbury Plain was a forest of towering pines and hazel woodland.

Over centuries the landscape changed to open chalk downland. What you see today is about half of the original monument, some of the stones have fallen down, others have been carried away to be used for building or to repair farm tracks, and over centuries visitors have added their damage too.

There are some wonderful myths and legends that surrounds the stone circle and you can hear them on the audio tour at Stonehenge in nine different languages, English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Russian and Japanese.