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bravo669:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-14985660
Fun times ahead if this happens, but as we locals know theyve been on about it for years!
Saffy:
Wouldn't it be funny if someone stole huge earth mover from local quarry and rolled over those stones one night in front of the two man security team and got clean away on a motorbike.
bravo669:
I told some american tourists once that the stones were in fact fibreglass and that was why they were fenced off. she replied that they were thousands of years old, i said they were 30 years old and it was the idea of the farmer up the road, hes loaded now!!!! :angel:they were not chuffed! :evil:
Saffy:
lol, it could be true.
dxmedia:
It's not 30 years!!!
1901 the stones were straightened up and set in concrete.
During the 1920's there was renovations which included moving 6 of the stones and re-erecting others,
1958 cranes were brought in to reposition some fallen cross stones,
and in 1964 4 more stones were re-positioned.
Here's an an ariel view from 1906 and present day from the BBC
English heratige appears to have missed the above out of the guide book for some reason?
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