Each generation creates its own vision and representation of Stonehenge, and these visions often tell us more about the viewers and thinkers than about the place itself. Because Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument, most of what we think we know about it (which is very little) comes from new archaeological discoveries and changing intellectual fashions in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, history, and religious studies. Stonehenge has been interpreted in many ways throughout the centuries: for example, as the foremost symbol of Britain’s prehistoric past as evidence for a sophisticated lost civilization as proof of human contact with an extraterrestrial race of aliens and as the site where a traditional way of life fought to maintain itself against new societal visions.
Thanks to an agreement between English Heritage, archaeologists, Pagans, Druidic orders, New Age Travelers, tourists, and revelers, it is now possible for thousands to walk amidst the stones from dusk till dawn on the summer solstice and witness sunrise over the great megalithic “Heel Stone” on the northeast horizon. For generations, this assemblage of standing stones and lintels has fascinated, perplexed, and drawn millions of visitors each year. Stonehenge is the most famous megalithic site in the world.
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