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Episode 12 - Behind the scenes of Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

The English Heritage Podcast

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The Trilothon and the Sassan Horseshoe

A 360 degree film version of Stonehenge shows how the sun actually rises and sets on the site as it looks today in the modern day. It also gives a good impression of the movement of the sun where exactly it rises and sets at different times through time. After standing on today's solstice axis, Susan then shows me how the stones and solstices would have appeared in the ancient past.

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