Today we had booked to go to Stonehenge, so we decided to explore Salisbury and Old Sarum while we were in the area. We began at Stonehenge in the visitors centre, which gave some of the history of the development of the stone circle. It is incredible to know that it was begun to be built about 5,500 years ago. At first it was a series of dug circles. The rocks were added later than that, and then they were rearranged and added to further. No one really knows why Stonehenge was built, or what it was used for precisely, but there is evidence it was a burial site of both bodies and cremated people, and that it was built to take advantage and highlight the movement of the sun. The visitors centre is very interesting.
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