Stonehenge is a joke. Played on tourists.
They threw ridiculous amounts of many at "Improving" the area just because a lot of tourists
weren't paying the OBSCENE entrance free, choosing to view it from the fence line. And the
thing was, if you paid the OBSCENE fee you didn't get much closer.
Oh, they'd let people actually within the circle! Sure they would. When I was there is was like
3.5x more money and they only did it during certain times. In other words, it was all a money
grab. Pretty much all of history in the U.K. is. If you're a Star Trek fan then you'll understand
what I mean when I refer to the U.K. as "Ferenginar."
In the middle ages churches used to collect "Relics" because they were big money makers.
People would make a pilgrimage to you, pay big bucks to be healed by the left nut of St.
Rapedemsheep. "Archaeology" is exactly the same way in the U.K.
It's big business. For the government. For the royals.
See, nearly all the land is owned by the royals. Worthless "Little People" only ever buy the
right to live on it, but they don't own it.
Canada is exactly the same way...
So any archaeology is owned by the government. And there's actually a demand for
archaeologists, because of all the treasure hunts! I mean, every single cinstruction
project is a treasure hunt. They've got to dig up any treasure and carry it off for
themselves, before some low life "Commoner" takes the loot...
Stonehenge is just another *Cha-Ching!* in the cash register...
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