Summary
With most tours to Stonehenge you will be part of the mainstream commercialised
tourism industry. You'll be at Stonehenge probably 45 minutes, at
most an hour before you're whisked off to somewhere else totally unconnected.
Independently it can be frustrating, Stonehenge is remote, facilities
frugal and a whole host of interesting sights nearby unexplained. |
Peter Knight at Stonehenge |
If
you really want to understand Stonehenge and the Neolithic culture
it is a symbol of, this tour is for you. Peter Knight is a leading
speaker and author specialising in earth mysteries, earth energies.
ley lines and astronomical alignments and lives locally from Stonehenge.
Peter is an enthusiastic guide who will immerse you in the subject,
not bombard you with a monologue of facts. You will be encouraged
to touch and feel the stones, experience natural energy forces and
ley lines and really get into the mindset of our ancestors who over
3,000 years ago were creating this astounding environment.
You may be a sceptic or an enthusiastic follower of such concepts
as ley lines and energy forces but Peter will present a structured,
reasoned hands-on experience which even the most hardened sceptic
will admit have merit. An appreciation of these concepts will certainly
open up your understanding of what Stonehenge is about.
The tour is a private tour, so can be customised to your individual
itinerary and personal interests. A typical tour will take around
5 hours and might cover the ground detailed below in the Stonehenge
& Avebury area. |
West
Kennet Long Barrow
Built
in around 3400 BC, and used by a whole community for at least a thousand
years. This is a Neolithic tomb you can actually enter today and experience.
Built before the pyramids and the henges like nearby Avebury and Stonehenge.
Built east-west, some of the early principles that become a theme
for the day emerge. You may with Peter's help begin to feel the earth
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Silbury
Hill
Silbury Hill is the largest man made mound in Europe.
Carbon dating suggests that Silbury Hill was built around 2500 BC.
Nobody really knows why it was built.
It sits in full sight below West kennet Long Barrow, that had already
been in use nearly 1,000 years ago when it was built. |
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Avebury
Your
first experience of a stone henge in the picturesque village of
Avebury. Avebury is one of the finest and largest Neolithic monuments
in Europe dating to around 5000 years ago. It is older than the
megalithic stages of Stonehenge, which is located about 32 km (20
miles) to the south. This is a world Heritage site but unlike Stonehenge
there is free access to the stones, (you'll probably have a flock
of sheep to accompany you!). Peter will encourage you to feel the
stones and understand further the fundamental concepts behind what
the stone circle was all about.
Demonstrating and tracking ley lines will convince the most hardened
sceptic of the existence of energy forces and perhaps convince that
it is unlikely that just coincidence is responsible for the positioning
of henges, even modern day churches along these lines.
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Avebury
is also a picturesque village complete with thatched cottage, village
store, pub, church and manor house. The National Trust also have an
interesting museum and gift shop with a good cafe that serves organic
meals as an option. Or of course there is also the pub.
There is also a gift shop that has proven hard to prise people away
from.
Time can be had to visit the church or the manor house and/or museum.
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Avebury
Thatched Pub |
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Stonehenge
You
are now ready to experience Stonehenge and understand the phenomenon
that it has become. You will now understand Stonehenge and the landscape
around it like only a small percentage of your fellow visitors.
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The
journey to Stonehenge is about 30 minutes through country lanes and
typical English villages and countryside.
Peter will provide a personal tour of the henge, not an audio tour,
bringing alive the key facets of this world famous monument and the
landscape around it.
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