New research suggests that, as well as being a probable centre for the veneration of the Sun, Stonehenge was also a fertility temple. A detailed study of a partly buried fallen stone at the monument ...

Ceremonies have been held across the UK and Ireland to mark the winter solstice. December 21 is ... In Wiltshire, the prehistoric Stonehenge monument was busy this year. Across the Irish Sea ...

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The ancient Stonehenge monument near Salisbury in Wiltshire was aligned on a sight-line that points to the winter solstice sunset. It is thought that the winter solstice was actually more ...

The difference between an equinox and a solstice is based on Earth’s tilt, affecting daylight length and the changing of ...

Today, hundreds of people - including Druids - still travel to Stonehenge to celebrate the sunrise on the summer solstice, and the sunset on the winter solstice, and to take part in the same kind ...

Stonehenge in the United Kingdom has been associated with the winter and summer solstices for about 5,000 years. Observers in the center of the standing stones can still watch the summer solstice ...