The most important funeral ceremony of the year was probably held on Midwinter’s Night at Stonehenge. This may have been because it is the longest night in the year. Stonehenge is just one of ...

Every midsummer's night tens of thousands of ... indicates that of the two solstices it was the midwinter one that drew the largest crowd. But Stonehenge includes other elements, such as 56 ...

In this diagrammatic reconstruction of Stonehenge, that axis (shown in red) points towards the midwinter solstice sunset (in the bottom left) and towards the midsummer solstice sunrise (in the top ...

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to ... A person standing right at the centre of the stone circle could see the midwinter solstice Sun set over its middle.

The most important funeral ceremony of the year was probably held on Midwinter’s Night at Stonehenge. This may have been because it is the longest night in the year. Stonehenge is just one of ...