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From A History of How We Conserve Our Past by James Stourton

“Rows about preservation go back much further than present-day defenders of the green belt, conservation areas, well-liked local buildings or precious paintings may realise… In 1825 Stonehenge was sold by one grand family to another; not until the very end of the century was it openly recognised that ‘there is something absurd in the idea … that Stonehenge should be at the mercy of a private person’”

Absurd. Yet the situation is still absurd. Why right now should Stonehenge be at the mercy of English Heritage et al, none of whom have been voted into their positions of power? Does Stonehenge belong to them or to the rest of us? By what right do they try to hide it from us?

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Hidden for its own good by English Heritage.

TO SEE IT TAKE NEXT EXIT AND HAVE MONEY READY

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