Stonehenge Private Guided Tours from London

Stonehenge is the most famous and enigmatic historical site in the country. Developed in stages over a 5,000 year period, the giant standing stones weigh up to 50 tonnes and dominate the landscape of Salisbury Plain. Was it a ceremonial temple… or built by aliens? You decide.

English Heritage

Stonehenge is a World Heritage Site managed by English Heritage a charity that looks after over 400 sites around the country. As well as prehistoric sites such as Stonehenge, English Heritage manage sites as diverse as Roman forts to medieval castles. They even manage a Cold War bunker! English Heritage states there sites attract over 10 million visitors every year.

Magic, Druids & Aliens

There have been many diverse theories as to the reason Stonehenge was built - some more outlandish than others. One thing for certain is that its true use had been forgotten by the time of the Romans. There have been a number of articles recently describing a belief that the bluestones have magical healing properties, turning Stonehenge into an ancient kind of Lourdes. Many of the bluestones are missing or show signs of damage, thought to be caused peoples over the millennia chipping pieces off for use as healing talisman.

The technolgy and sheer effort required to the move the stones leaves many to think that only aliens could have undertaken such a project. These theories were sparked off by the 1968 book Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past written by Erich von Däniken who speculated that technologies were delivered to ancient humans by alien visitors.