Come hell or high water!
Posted on 03/07/2015 3:41:42 PM PST by beaversmom
Stonehenge was damaged during the Winter Solstice, with chewing gum stuck to the ancient monument, it has been disclosed.
A report The Heritage Journal also revealed graffiti was sprayed on the stones, people tried to light fires on them and someone dripped a line of oil on several of them in December.
Conservationists are calling for a ban to be put in place preventing people from walking among the stones on both the longest and shortest days of the year.
It comes as it emerged volunteers and staff at the site were "left in tears" following the last summer solstice as they were forced to clear up vomit and faeces.
Following a long battle, pagan leader King Arthur Pendragon won his fight for open access to the stones in 2000.
But staff at the iconic landmark say it should once again remain closed off during the annual events due to damage to the site.
One worker described the "appalling stench" and the "urine, vomit and faeces" left all around the stones after tens of thousands of people partied the night away on the shortest night of the year in June.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The shortest night of the year. In June?
In December, as it says, winter solstice.
Look professor, coprolites and the remnants of some kind
of masticatory rubber substance stuck on the sides of the
stones...must be some kind of offering!
There’s another place where they confused the two. I’m just nit picking.
Come hell or high water!
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