Everyone has heard of Stonehenge, Wiltshire's if not Britain's most famous prehistoric monument. Have you heard of woodhenge, which is nearby? Or the Durrington Walls? How about the West Kennet Long Barrow, one of the oldest monuments in Britain, which has been dated to around 3,600BC, or Avebury or Silbury Hill - Europe's tallest prehistoric monument.
A 100 mile round trip takes them all in.
Disappointingly, the position of the posts that were originally woodhenge are now marked by concrete posts, just visible over the roof of the E-Type.
5,600 years in one hundred miles.
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Chris,
I cannot see Woodhenge. Someone has stuck and E type in the way.
I cannot see Woodhenge. Someone has stuck and E type in the way.
Tony (E typed)
1962 E Type Series 1 Roadster (OTS)
Tony
1962 E Type Series 1 Roadster (OTS)
Tony
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#3 Re: 5,600 years in one hundred miles.
You missed out Uffington White Horse.
1965 Series 1 4.2 FHC
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#4 Re: 5,600 years in one hundred miles.
I was there, and bought book from Mike Parker-Pearson.
Oh and Salisbury / the Magna Charta is very close, we stayed for a night.
And there's always a jam at Stonehenge...
Carsten
Oh and Salisbury / the Magna Charta is very close, we stayed for a night.
And there's always a jam at Stonehenge...
Carsten
Jag E '66 S1 2+2, 74’Citroen DS 23 Pallas iE, 73’ Citroen SM 3.0, 54’ Citroen 11 BL, 71‘ Velosolex, 88‘ Unimog U1650
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#5 Re: 5,600 years in one hundred miles.
What about Waylands Smithy, too - been fabricating parts for E-Types since before the pyramids were put up, so they say..... (Not as old as Woodhenge, of course, but........)
1967 Series 1 OTS
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#6 Re: 5,600 years in one hundred miles.
On a recent trip to Wales......
http://etypeinwales.blogspot.co.uk/
.... I had reason to drive past Dunkirk on the way there and then Pennsylvania on the way back. Distance between the two, about 9 miles.
http://etypeinwales.blogspot.co.uk/
.... I had reason to drive past Dunkirk on the way there and then Pennsylvania on the way back. Distance between the two, about 9 miles.
Chris '67 S1 2+2
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