Finalised on 25 march 2015 by the stonehenge and avebury whs management plan project board. Heritage site of stonehenge endures as a source of inspiration and fascination and, for many, a place of worship and celebration. The statement of outstanding universal value sets out the significance of stonehenge and avebury world heritage site and what we need to protect through the coordinated management strategy set out in the plan. The strategic plan will be used to develop annual forward plans, which will be used to monitor. A draft management plan for the stonehenge world heritage site has been prepared over the last 18 months by the stonehenge world heritage site management group. Management planning of the unesco world heritage sites. An introduction to the concept of the heavens hinge. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of neolithic and bronze age monuments in england, including several hundred tumuli burial mounds. Many have tried to understand stonehenge on its own, without thinking greatly about its surroundings on the windswept plain, or the people of its.
Stonehenge webquest with key this 6 page document contains a webquest and teachers key related to the basics of stonehenge. This is a plan of the surviving stones, together with a key to the types of stone used. Where the intrinsic qualities of a property nominated are threatened by action of man and. Wild theories about stonehenge have persisted since the middle ages. The stonehenge, avebury and associated sites world heritage site management plan 2015 was launched on 18 may 2015. Some say merlin the wizard may have cast a spell to make the rocks as light as a feather to help with the construction. History of project management could the great wall of china, the pyramids, or stonehenge figure 2. Preliminary outline assessment of the impact of a303. The pack includes a lesson plan, differentiated drama roles and a powerpoint to scaffold understanding of the stone age to the iron age period. Perhaps you are paying it a visit with the kids, or learning about prehistoric monuments. It is possible to say that the concept of project management has been around since the beginning of history. It covers all of the major people, themes and events of th. Avebury whs management plan summary avebury parish council.
The watercourses here receive significant flows from the chalk aquifers underlying salisbury plain, and then flow in a southerly. It was created by anthony johnson and the original made available via wikimedia commons, licensed under the creative commons attribution 3. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the english county of wiltshire, 3. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in wiltshire, england, two miles 3 km west of amesbury. The stonehenge, avebury, and associated sites world heritage site is internationally important for its complexes of outstanding prehistoric monuments. The management plan, developed over two years, was produced in april 2015 and formally launched on the. The state party should also provide other documents e. Stonehenge and avebury world heritage site management plan. Each of these three agencies, plus the separate local committees for stonehenge and avebury has undertaken processes to engage the relevant stakeholders and consult widely with partners and the public in the production of the management plan. Stonehenge, and there were no other visitors, the car was just parked on the grass and you could just walk around the stones and touch them. One of the most famous sites in the world, stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks. It is the first joint stonehenge and avebury whs management plan and replaces the avebury whs management plan 2005 and the stonehenge whs management plan 2009. Ask them to compare and contrast the two plans and the implications for each sites management. It would move the a303 into a tunnel under the stonehenge world heritage site, completing the removal of traffic begun with the closure of the a344 road.
The stonehenge and avebury whs coordination unit led by sarah simmonds coordinates the work of partners to achieve the objectives of the management plan. The management plan provides a framework for partnership working within the site. Stonehenge is unique, it is an iconic site but in marketing terms there are many reasons why in theory it should not attract the visitor numbers that it does. The plan is a composite of every survey made to date, and checked against a measured survey made on site using cad, but be aware that restoration in the 20th century has moved certain stones from their original positions. First, lidar made locational corrections to the existing record. This plan shows the layout of stonehenge with all stones numbered, including those that are buried below the ground surface. Jul 15, 2009 iii endorses the stonehenge world heritage site management plan 2009 as supplementary guidance and a material consideration in determining planning applications that affect the stonehenge whs, and as a replacement for the 2000 stonehenge whs management plan previously adopted by salisbury district council as supplementary planning guidance. Were the carefully placed stones a burial site, an ancient calendar, a. The strategic plan has been developed at the same time as the drafting of the stonehenge and avebury world heritage site management plan for 2015 2020, and so the two plans take account of each other. Mar 07, 2017 stonehenge pdf, stonehenge ebook, preface. Stonehenge is a mysterious historical site that was built around 5,000 years ago.
Pdf stonehenge is the icon of british prehistory, and continues to inspire ingenious investigations and interpretations. The following pages are reproduced by kind courtesy of tony johnson, whose book, solving stonehenge books. Your students will learn about the mystery of stonehenge. Weve had lots of fun putting together this collection of information sheets, worksheets and printables on stonehenge and hope you enjoy them and find them useful. Initial designs for a tunnel at stonehenge have been published, seeking to show how the. The stonehenge road tunnel is a planned tunnel in wiltshire, england drawn up by highways england to upgrade the a303 road. Ufo enthusiasts believe that ancient aliens could have built stonehenge as a spacecraft landing pad. Stonehenge, avebury and associated sites is a unesco world heritage site whs located in wiltshire, england.
Weve had lots of fun putting together this collection of information sheets, worksheets and printables on stonehenge and. When you visit stonehenge now you see traffic, you feel traffic, he said. Ask students to carry out a swot analysis on the site. The management plan and the significance of the stonehenge and avebury world heritage site. All details are correct at the time of going to press but we do advise that you contact the property. Lessons learnt from the management planning of the world heritage sites on the adriatic 5.
Stonehenge s plan layout is shown to be the same as an idealised. Management plans and the world heritage convention. This plan, created as a vision for the future of the organization was cocreated by this diverse group. Stonehenge phases of construction m e g a l i t h i a.
Mining, smelting and metalwork were newly discovered technologies. In september of 2017, members of the board, leadership and staff of stonehenge therapeutic community came together to consider the future direction of the organization and to create a strategic plan to guide their efforts. The world heritage site management plan summarises the significance, or outstanding universal value, of the stonehenge and avebury world heritage site as follows. Who is involved in the stonehenge world heritage site management plan. Stonehenge and avebury world heritage site management plan 2015. Stonehenge and avebury world heritage site management. The school gives due regard to the regulations listed above.
Stonehenge, avebury and associated sites wikipedia. The hampshire avon rises in the vale of pewsey to the north of salisbury. The stonehenge, avebury, and associated sites world heritage site is internationally important for. It consists of a ring of standing stones, each around feet 4. Stonehenge original plan our graphic below shows how stonehenge must have looked when all stones were intact in their places ca. Provide students with a copy of the summary stonehenge world heritage site management plan for stonehenge 2009 and ask them to compare this to the plan of the other site they have chosen, either as hard copies or pdfs on a computer. Stonehenge tunnel plan revives longrunning debate this article is more than 3 years old. It also provides a brief summary of progress over the last plan period. Stonehenge world heritage site archaeological research framework section 4 page 4 of 14 version 2 april 2002 the results of all interventions should be disseminated in an appropriate format and assimilated into the local sites and. This is a decisive move away from the focus on stonehenge and the stonehenge bowl which underpinned the 2009 eh nt master plan, the 2000 management plan and the highway s agency published scheme, to a much wider view of the outstanding universal value of the property which. You will be quizzed on key facts about the location and. Note that stonehenge was a lunisolar calculating machine. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Stonehenge phases of construction if we take the history of the oldest cathedral in christendom, and double it, we are still a thousand years short of the time stonehenge took to evolve a plan of stonehenge as perhaps originally conceived red stones are existing sarsens, grey stones are missing or fallen.