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In 1966, C. A. 'Peter' Newham described an alignment for the equinoxes by drawing a line between one of the Station Stones with a posthole next to the Heel Stone. He also identified a lunar alignment; the long sides of the rectangle created by the four station stones matched the Moon rise and moonset at the major standstill.
The project received a $1 million grant from the US Institute of Museum and Library Services, [5] from which the Indianapolis Museum of Art is working to apply folksonomy to its collection, [6] and is one of a number of related projects currently working to make art more accessible and to find its role in the digital age. [4] [7]
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This artwork is old enough so that it is in the public domain, and the museum permitted photography without restriction. I took this photograph and release it into the public domain. References: RKDimages ID: 219617 ; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art artwork ID: 27579 ; Source/Photographer: Own work, Daderot, 4 November 2011, 21:25:14: Other versions
Other museums with material from Stonehenge and Avebury include the British Museum, National Museum of Wales, Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Ashmolean Museum. Other archives include the Historic England Archive in Swindon, the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, and the Bodleian Library at ...
In 1993, both the setting and the presentation of Stonehenge was described as "a national disgrace" by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. The criticisms were several: two major roads ran close to the monument, one of which cut the processional Avenue; a large car park lay nearby; the pedestrian access to the monument was via a shabby underpass, and the visitor facilities were very ...
Some of the rocks at America's Stonehenge. 42°50′35″N 71°12′25″W / 42.84306°N 71.20694°W / 42.84306; -71.20694 America's Stonehenge is a privately owned tourist attraction and archaeological site consisting of a number of large rocks and stone structures scattered around roughly 30 acres (12 hectares ) within the town of ...