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==Stonehenge today==
==Stonehenge today==
Stonehenge currently receives a large number of visitors during the summer season. Furthermore, the [[Druidry|druids]] insist on holding their ceremonies there as they have done for thousands of years; they were stopped by the government in the mid 1980s, but, after fifteen years, controlled access to Stonehenge was granted in 2000.<ref>[http://www.lugodoc.demon.co.uk/Druids/DRUIDS.htm Lugodoc's Guide to Druids]</ref> However, the Druids had nothing to do with the construction of the stone rings; the site significantly predates druidism.<ref>[http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/england/stonehenge.html Stonehenge, England]</ref>
Stonehenge currently receives a large number of visitors during the summer season. Furthermore, the [[Druidry|druids]] insist on holding their ceremonies there as they have done for thousands of years; they were stopped by the government in the mid 1980s, but, after fifteen years, controlled access to Stonehenge was granted in 2000.<ref>[http://www.lugodoc.demon.co.uk/Druids/DRUIDS.htm Lugodoc's Guide to Druids]</ref> However, the Druids had nothing to do with the construction of the stone rings; the site significantly predates druidism.<ref>[http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/england/stonehenge.html Stonehenge, England]</ref>
A controversial plan to build a tunnel to carry the A303 road under Stonehenge was announced in January 2017.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/12/stonehenge-a303-tunnel-chris-grayling-world-heritage-site</ref>
==References==
==References==