Summer Arrives At Stonehenge

Stonehenge Stone Close Ups

From a distance the stones of Stonehenge can all look disappointingly alike. But close up the colours are amazing. Some of the Bluestones are a deep blue, the Sarsens grey with Lichens adding splotches of white and the iron in the Sarsens staining the damp hollows deep red.

Sarsen Stone 14 overlaying Blue Stone 38

Iron Stained Hollow in Sarsen Stone 14

Bluestone 48 

Bluestone 40 on the right with Sarsen Stones 14 and 15

The Carvings On The Cove Stones Of Avebury

My colleagues Dan Rendell and Simon Banton have been noting strange figures on the sides of the Cove Stones at Avebury.

Novacaster Community: The Harestone of Avebury

A Sheela na gig?

A wheel, mill stone, the sun, or is it a doughnut?

And can you spot the hare?

Natural or carved?

Stonehenge Pictures To Colour In

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Sun Rising Over The Heel Stone At Stonehenge At Summer Solstice

Before there were too many people or trees on the horizon.