Stonehenge, and conserving the future
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The Sun Is a Powerful Elements of the Monument
The sun cannot be underestimated as this sort of really powerful force that underpins t thereason why the monument was alined the way it was, and probably why it was built where it was. For farming peopleit's it's life or death. It's whether your crops are going to grow or not. At midwinter, which is a key alignment at the monument, at midwinter, of course, the sun is at its weakest. And that's the time that you pray and hope that the sun's going to return. Really, it was a place where you could come and feel a sense of deep time around you. I think we can't underestimate that as a really powerful element
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