Bush Barrow dagger studs – gold analysis

The results are now in! Did the Bronze Age gold, found in a burial close to Stonehenge, came from Britain, Ireland or Brittany. Located close to Stonehenge, Bush Barrow is Britain's richest Bronze Age burial. The most remarkable discovery was a gold-studded dagger pommel, set with thousands of microscopic gold

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Stonehenge against a clear blue sky with the Slaughter stone in the foreground

A303 Stonehenge: supplementary Consultation – July 2018. WANHS Response.

Highways England launched a supplementary consultation concerning three proposed changes following the Statutory Consultation – see the Highways England consultation page for details. Our A303 Working Group has drafted a response that has been agreed by our Board. This follows the principles established in our response to the Statutory Consultation.

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Stonehenge against a clear blue sky with the Slaughter stone in the foreground

WANHS Response to the Highways England Consultation on the A303 at Stonehenge

WANHS has today published its response to the Highways England proposals for the A303 Stonehenge: Amesbury to Berwisk Down. Key points We understand that the government has decided that improving the route of the A303 will take place and that to ‘do nothing’ is therefore not an option. We welcome

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The oldest depiction of Stonehenge in the Wiltshire Museum’s collection. Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, watercolour from 1784, by Joshua Gosselin.

A303 Stonehenge – WANHS draft response

Highways England recently announced a consultation on proposals for the A303 at Stonehenge, including a tunnel. The Society Trustees set up an A303 Working Party to review the proposals and have agreed a draft response to the Consultation. We are now asking Society Members for their views on our draft

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