A gathering of the Ancient Order of Druids at Stonehenge. 1905

Caption:	A gathering of the Ancient Order of Druids at Stonehenge. Some of the participants are dressed in suits while others are in white robes with cowls, and the latter carry poles with half moon symbols. One of the sarsen outer stones has wooden props
Photographer:	Henry Taunt	Date Taken:	1905
Collection:	Henry W Taunt
	Henry William Taunt, 1842-1922, was an Oxford-based professional photographer. He photographed mainly in Oxford, Oxfordshire and the River Thames, though surrounding counties are also well represented. His subjects were mostly tourist views, though he also recorded architecture and social history. Around 1914 he bought up the photographic business of Frederick Ault. The whole of the combined NMR and Oxfordshire County Council collection of Taunt's photographs is available on Viewfinder.
Archive Holder:	Centre for Oxfordshire Studies
	Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford. OX4 2HT. Telephone - 01865 398200

A stargazing walk at Stonehenge

Cresent moon over Stonehenge Photograph: Alamy 

Distance 0.7 mile (1.1km) 
Classification Gentle stroll 
Duration 1 hour 30 minutes 
Begins Next to Stonehenge car park 
OS grid reference SU120420

Walk in a nutshell
Beginning a few hundred metres from the famous stone circle, this leisurely walk takes you over grazed grassland and between prehistoric burial mounds. Around you are more than 350 monuments and earthworks.

Why it's special
For hundred of years, scholars and cranks have been speculating about the purpose of the stone circle and the surrounding earthworks. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Stonehenge was built by the sorcerer Merlin; while in the 1960s astronomer Gerald Hawkins suggested it was a computer to predict solar and lunar eclipses. To modern pagans it is a site of great religious significance.

Look and listen out for
Stone curlews – crow-sized birds whose large yellow eyes enable them to find food in the dark. They have an eerie, wailing cry.

But bear in mind
Dogs should be kept under close control because of grazing animals and ground-nesting birds.

How to get there
By car: Stonehenge is 2 miles west of Amesbury, near the junction of the A303 and the A344.

Step by step

1 From the byway next to the car park, head through the pedestrian gate signed to the Cursus Barrows. Please be aware of grazing cattle.

2 If the night is not too dark, you'll see the group of bronze age round barrows ahead of you, standing on the horizon.

3 From the barrows head east to meet the byway once more, accessed through a pedestrian gate.

Source Guardian and National Trust

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Sunday, 06 May
14:00	9°C		Partly Cloudy	8°C	56%	0%	From East North East at 11 kmph
15:00	9°C		Mostly Cloudy	8°C	56%	10%	From East North East at 11 kmph
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18:00	9°C		Partly Cloudy	8°C	61%	20%	From East at 8 kmph
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20:00	8°C		Partly Cloudy	7°C	68%	20%	From East South East at 8 kmph
21:00	7°C		Mostly Cloudy	6°C	74%	10%	From East South East at 8 kmph
22:00	6°C		Mostly Cloudy	5°C	79%	10%	From East South East at 6 kmph
23:00	6°C		Mostly Cloudy	4°C	82%	10%	From East South East at 8 kmph
Monday, 07 May
00:00	6°C		Partly Cloudy	4°C	86%	20%	From East South East at 8 kmph
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Saturday, 05 May
13:00	8°C		Mostly Cloudy	5°C	58%	10%	From Northeast at 21 kmph
14:00	9°C		Mostly Cloudy	6°C	56%	10%	From Northeast at 21 kmph
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17:00	9°C		Mostly Cloudy	7°C	56%	20%	From Northeast at 19 kmph
18:00	9°C		Partly Cloudy	7°C	56%	10%	From Northeast at 19 kmph
19:00	9°C		Partly Cloudy	6°C	58%	0%	From Northeast at 18 kmph
20:00	8°C		Partly Cloudy	6°C	61%	0%	From Northeast at 16 kmph
21:00	7°C		Partly Cloudy	4°C	65%	0%	From Northeast at 14 kmph
22:00	6°C		Partly Cloudy	3°C	70%	10%	From Northeast at 13 kmph
23:00	6°C		Partly Cloudy	3°C	73%	10%	From Northeast at 13 kmph
Sunday, 06 May
00:00	4°C		Mostly Clear	2°C	76%	10%	From Northeast at 13 kmph