Monday, September 07, 2009

Stonehenge receives running repairs
In this scene, captured in the summer of 1952, broken stones are lifted from the site of Stonehenge in Wiltshire to be repaired. Stonehenge, built perhaps 5,000 years ago, was an impressive engineering feat, requiring time and vast amounts of manual labour. The stones that remain today represent Stonehenge in ruin. Before the modern conservation era, many stones fell or were removed over generations for home construction or road repair. Today, English Heritage
is the custodian of the site, committed to its preservation.


More flashbacks here.

From Riley.

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