Stonehenge: Story of an Icon Book

The new English Heritage book, Stonehenge: Story of an Icon, is a visual immersion into the heart of Britain's most iconic monument. Through breathtaking new photography, historic images, artworks and reconstruction drawings, Stonehenge: Story of an Icon captures the timeless beauty of Stonehenge. Explore the surrounding landscape, witness the sun aligning with the stones, and experience the silence of a structure that has witnessed five thousand years of history. Stonehenge is not merely a ruin; it's a surviving thought from a world we can scarcely imagine. It is a puzzle of monumental proportion, where massive sarsens, transported from miles away — stand alongside bluestones, balancing upon each other in a display of Neolithic engineering that defies the simplicity we often attribute to our ancestors. Today, Stonehenge is probably the most famous prehistoric monument in the world, and more than a million people come every year to see this iconic structure. But what do we really know about the people who built it, why they did so, and what they believed? In medieval times, people looked to ancient legends and stories of magic to explain its origins. This book is a journey through that mystery. Whether you are walking with English Heritage through these pages for the first time or revisiting a long-held passion, we hope you find curiosity and perhaps a moment of silence among the stones.   Key Features: ·         Published: April 2026 ·         Paperback: 210 x 270mm ·         Extent: 160 pages ·         ISBN: 978 1 917564 01 4