Author: Timothy Darvill | Apollo Magazine

In defence of the Stonehenge road tunnel

Plans to sink a dual carriageway beneath Stonehenge have been heavily criticised – but the tunnel will improve our experience of the site, writes Timothy Darvill

Timothy Darvill

1 Mar 2021

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The site of Woodhenge near the Durrington Walls in Wiltshire, at the centre of the proposed Durrington Shafts pit-circle.

Ground control – how Bronze Age builders reshaped the landscape

A pit circle identified near Stonehenge helps us understand how prehistoric cultures saw themselves in the world

Timothy Darvill

16 Jul 2020

Timothy Darvill

In defence of the Stonehenge road tunnel

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