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Around 10k people were there to see the sunrise, according to the director of Stonehenge talking on radio 2 this morning .
 
Boysground

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As you drive from countess roundabout towards Stonehenge if you look to the right the fields have clumps of trees in them. There used to be more, they were planted by the marquis of Queensbury. They are are actually a map showing the position of the ships in a battle in the Nile delta that Nelson had with the French just before Trafalgar.

I hope the tunnel doesn’t lead to the destruction of the trees. Most people don’t know why they are there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Clumps

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Boysground said:
As you drive from countess roundabout towards Stonehenge if you look to the right the fields have clumps of trees in them. There used to be more, they were planted by the marquis of Queensbury. They are are actually a map showing the position of the ships in a battle in the Nile delta that Nelson had with the French just before Trafalgar.

I hope the tunnel doesn’t lead to the destruction of the trees. Most people don’t know why they are there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Clumps

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Huh. I grew up in Shrewton and never knew that. Mind you, I didn't even know there was a battle of the Nile, so hardly surprising really.
 
Bury the Trash

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Boysground said:
As you drive from countess roundabout towards Stonehenge if you look to the right the fields have clumps of trees in them. There used to be more, they were planted by the marquis of Queensbury. They are are actually a map showing the position of the ships in a battle in the Nile delta that Nelson had with the French just before Trafalgar.

I hope the tunnel doesn’t lead to the destruction of the trees. Most people don’t know why they are there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Clumps

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Possibly resident Horseshoe Bats could be their best chance of preservation..... :unsure:
 
JP1

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primmiemoo said:
I agree. The tunnel (if it goes ahead) will be a cultural theft from the Nation, too.

Stonehenge is still a working place. Within its modern landscape, it's a much needed stop on a long journey for safety's sake which offers a rare chance to think deep thoughts about one's ancestors. I value a stroll around the stones when headed in that direction ~ I'm a NT member, so help in a tiny way towards their upkeep.

We shouldn't be denied the right to see them as they are in our everyday context.
It's only the dense and unimaginative who can't populate the area with the aboriginal Europeans and all the people who've used them since.

(Does anyone else feel they'd gladly labour to arrange hulking lumps of rock in a pleasingly proto-scientific fashion if it might stave off a repeat of this Winter?)
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Hmm. Coming along from the South West, I love the stretch from the Blackmore Vale edge and past the head of the Nadder Valley but I'm also counting the pinch points off until I get to the Amesbury roundabout and then continual dual carriageway and motorway. If you really want to stop, you'll still be able to take a short detour. Tunnel sounds amazing in my book
 

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