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 ...
Druids - no class at all.
Would you mind putting in the source as The Telegraph?
Clear proof that climate change is caused by Druids.
Democrats are everywhere!
That’s alright. In a few years British Muslims are just going to bulldoze it anyway.
They could bulldoze this site in record time.
Not me. Liberals have no respect for the past, present or future. Only their existence matters...
Excellent point.
That’s nothing compared to what the muslims will do eventually.
Between ISIS and the hippies, soon we won’t have any past history at all, only a glorious future.
This is just a new lib movement (similar to a bowel movement) called Occupy Stonehenge; they just didn’t have a police car to take a dump on.
Can’t have anything nice around here all because some people won’t take their trash with them, including the discarded condoms and syringes. They need to restrict it again except to very small groups who will leave a bond, or some sort of money down to cover possible damages.
Unfortunately archeologists of the future will have
no petrified chewing gum or coprolites to carbon date.
A shame really.
LOL!!!!
"You can't dust for vomit."
What do you expect from pagans?!? This is a surprise?
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