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[Tristan]

OK, guys!So How many times have you been to stonehenge?

[Tristan]

I've been there once.

[Pete G]

I go there often, in fact I'm going again tomorrow to film the Virgin balloon flights over the stones.
PeteG

[traveller]

Six or seven I think, but although it’s still great to be there, it’s not quite the same now with the restrictions imposed on the stones. Yes I know the reasons why, but having been one of the lucky people to have visited long ago before the barriers went up, there is obviously a different ambiance.

[shiny]

I don't know if I counts, but  I got  out of our camper van  right next to it on the road (blue badge) saw the state of things, and carried on till Avebury. Stonehenge was not for me, but Avebury.....................brilliant.

[traveller]

Yep totally agree there. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve been to Avebury.  Fantastic place, even with all the tourists. Great at night too, gives it a whole new perspective to the site.

[R1B1C]

I've never been to England. I would like to go for a tour some day.



Could Stonehenge have been a mound at one time?

The setting sun would illuminate a passage on winter solstice.



Maybe a much larger version of Maeshowe http://www.maeshowe....showeabout.html

[Fred]

I've been twice and driven past another two times(if that counts). The alignments and theories continue to hold my attention, as do other as yet fully explained ancient sites. Yes I've also wondered if the whole complex could have been covered by a mound that has since eroded (or been removed).
The ambience that exists causes a feeling of awe, much the same feeling comes over one when approaching natural monoliths. Particularly very large ones as in Ayres Rock in Central Australia. Native populations treated such formations as sacred places. Certainly it would hold one in awe at its ability to "predict" astronomical events. Has Stonehenge become a man made sacred site? Or was it one all along?

[nouveaugoddess]

only the once...on all hallows in 1999......l live in Australia so it makes it a bit hard to get there on the weekends !!

[rockartshaman]

In my view a very over-rated site....okay, i know its World Heritage and all that, but I'd much rather go to Avebury!  its got more 'atmosphere'
Stanton Drew is another place I've been to - once, and Avebury, several times.
Tim Darvill @ Bournemouth is/has developed/ing a new interpretation about Stonehenge - I kinda know where he's coming from, but I'm not convinced of that either...
regards
rockartshaman

[Tristan]

Wow!! So lots of people have been there or gone passed it! My mum drove past it in the 80's and she felt a really strong pull there
Thanks for answering me guys!

[Awen Evenstar]

Don't worry...we voted!

[Jking Wong]

It's a nice place from the website's picture. I hope I will go there to pay a visit in future.  

[Aine]

I worked there over this summer with the Stonehenge Riverside Project. Drove past it every day for 4 weeks. Does that count?   Actual visits though about 3. Once inside the stones too. Excellent!