Great Britain-Stonehenge

Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice. Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.

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Stonehenge, Winter Solstice. Many travel each year to Stonehenge to watch as the sun rises above the stones on the day of the northern winter solstice. Winter solstice visits to Stonehenge bring fewer visitors than at the summer solstice but, according to many archaeological experts, was the more significant of the two solstices. Archaeological evidence discovered around the Stonehenge landscape, points to great feasts and celebrations that would have occurred at this special time of year. In the Bronze age, this was a time when clans would slay cows, finish fermenting their wine, and mark the start of a new year.