The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.
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We are the closest site to Stonehenge, being only 2.2 miles by road (A303) to the Stonehenge Visitor Centre car park and 4.5 miles walking to the stones themselves. We are the only dedicated Stonehenge Summer Solstice Festival that allows camping en masse and are the main campfire and food festival for the Solstice. All our Pods, motorhome and hard-standing pitches and grass camping pitches are available to book during the festival.
http://www.stonehengecampsite.co.uk/solstice_festival
The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage; the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.
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View of the Heel Stone at summer solstice sunrise, as seen from inside the Stonehenge monument. It’s summer solstice time for us in the Northern Hemisphere. This solstice occurs at the instant the sun reaches its most northerly point on the celestial sphere, the imaginary sphere of stars surrounding Earth. In 2016, solstice came on June 20, 2016 at 22:34 UTC. Read more about the 2106 June solstice.
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Stonehenge's ring of standing stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury.
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Stonehenge Summer Solstice Festival 2017. We hold our 9th Stonehenge Summer Solstice Festival on 18th - 21st June 2017 with sunrise at 4.15am on 21st June. Our Solstice Festival is the one and only camping and live music event within the vicinity of Stonehenge during the Summer Solstice.
http://www.stonehengecampsite.co.uk/solstice_festival
Bottom line: If you stand at just the right spot inside the Stonehenge monument on the day of the northern summer solstice, facing northeast through the entrance towards a rough hewn stone outside the circle – known as the Heel Stone – you will see the sun rise above the Heel Stone.
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Summer solstice at Stonehenge via stonehengetrips.com. The Stonehenge Free Festival was a British free festival from 1974 to 1984 held at Stonehenge during the month of June, and culminating on the summer solstice. The festival was a celebration of various alternative cultures.
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Between 1972 and 1984, Stonehenge was the site of the Stonehenge Free Festival. After the Battle of the Beanfield in 1985, this use of the site was stopped for several years and ritual use of Stonehenge is now heavily restricted.
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stonehenge on the summer solstice
A British free festival from 1974 to 1984 held at Stonehenge during the month of June, and culminating on the summer solstice.