At the end of last week I had to go to 'Up Country' from Cornwall and by chance passed by Stonehenge - somewhere I had never previously visited. However as it was also my birthday I felt it was appropriate to visit this timepiece which was definately even older than me. Its a curious experience to be funnelled around the fenced off monument, clutching the audio guide handset, while dodging busloads of schoolchildren ferried in from the far corners of Europe and beyond. Here is a classic tourist photo to prove I was there. No photoshop - I promise !
The stone of course for this construction was not local, but brought, somehow or other, from Wales. Astonishing...... I wonder how far the builders allowed the material to lead the design, or did they demand stone exactly to their previously decided specifications.
But the arrangement we see today is the remains of an installation which evolved over hundreds of years, and would have possibly involved several generations of designers. Let us hope that the Oldmeldrum Public Art Project artwork is finished a bit more speedily ......
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