The Henges

We have never seen so many Henges; both stone and wood.
Before coming here, I only heard about Stonehenge. We discovered something else here.
A good surprise.

Tourists now are barred from getting too close to the monument. You encircle them ; see but not touch.

Constructed many, many thousands of years ago, the prehistoric monument is located close to Wiltshire, west of Amesbury and depict earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones.

History says the construction has cultural and religious connotations and you wonder at the effort of the Neolithic and Bronze Age people. How did they construct or move stones of such size and scale to the site that is so plain and flat? Talk about determination. It's no wonder it still draws the attention and awe till this day.

So of course it's show time too for the girls ! Standing behind stones ...

Before reaching Stonehenge, we walked past a sheep grazing area.

Herds of sheep dotted the landscape. They were free and easy ; free range animals fit for consumption.

The sheep feed on natural grass; not man made ones.

Guess what Sara was doing? You will never be able to.

Yes it was the greatest challenge of the day. Avoiding the dung ! Free range species also mean us having to be extra careful for the stools were 'free range' too !

We spotted a group of teenagers having an Art class and they were so joyous. How not to be?

Now this is really something new to us ... Woodhenge.

These Neolithic monuments are concentric rings of timber posts constructed for reading sun movements ? But you wonder why were they here?

What do they actually depict? As for us, we just enjoyed what everyone was enjoying without really understanding...

From a distance , Woodhenge is a sight to behold too. No need to pay any entrance fees. At Stonehenge, you pay a fee. So you see many tourists standing by the roadside, snapping photos as they saw no point in entering being unable to go near enough to touch the stones.

On the way to the historical site, we stopped by a stall and bought fresh and succulent strawberries; so delicious and mouth watering.

So there we paid another visit to more English Heritage places.
Grateful for the opportunity.