Sacrilege In Marlborough

I shared some photos of the visit of Jeremy Deller's Sacrilege to Marlborough on Facebook

Here's a few of them.

Mike Pitts enjoying the view.

Your humble blogger.

And Jeremy Deller - The artist behind this fabulous work.

Stonehenge Artist in Residence

I had great pleasure in meeting and watching at work Mark Anstee who has been appointed Leverhulme Artist-in-Residence in association with Professor Julian Thomas at the Dept. of Archaeology, University of Manchester (September 2010-July 2011) to continue his work on the Stonehenge Cursus Monument by drawing at Stonehenge for next year. Do keep an eye out for updates of his work.

Solstice - The Morning After The Night Before

After the professional litter pickers have cleared the worst this is what the EH staff have to finish clearing up.




It was all spotless and the grass raked and spiked by just after lunchtime, but the police couldn't reopen the road due to mud from the temporary car park.


(Photo from Charlotte Forward)

Early the night before.

Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2012 Arrangements - English Heritage

Summer Solstice 2012 | English Heritage

SUMMER SOLSTICE 2012

Stonehenge is an ancient pre-historic site. It has been a place of worship and celebration at the time of Summer Solstice since time immemorial.

  

English Heritage is pleased to be providing Managed Open Access to Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice. Please help us to create a peaceful occasion by taking personal responsibility and following the Conditions of Entry and guidelines set out on the following pages. We have a duty of care to ensure public safety and are responsible for the protection of Stonehenge and its surrounding Monuments. If we are to ensure that future access is sustainable, it is essential that everyone observes and abides by these Conditions of Entry.

During the Summer Solstice access to Stonehenge, we support all individuals and groups conducting their own forms of ceremony and celebration providing that they are mutually respectful and tolerant of one another. It is a place seen by many as a sacred site - therefore please respect it and those attending.

English Heritage continues to work closely with the many agencies and people from all sectors of the community and we would like to thank them for their help and support.

Parking and entry to the Monument will be free, subject to the Conditions of Entry.  Please do not arrive at the Solstice Car Park or Stonehenge in advance of the opening times listed below:

  

• SOLSTICE CAR PARK OPENS
  1900 hours (7pm) Wednesday 20th June
• ACCESS TO STONEHENGE
  1900 hours (7pm) Wednesday 20th June
• LAST ADMISSION TO SOLSTICE CAR PARK 
  0600 hours (6am) Thursday 21st June
• STONEHENGE CLOSES
  0800 hours (8am) Thursday 21st June
• SOLSTICE CAR PARK TO BE VACATED
  1200 hours (12 Noon) Thursday 21st June - see the pages on Traveland Parking for further information on travel and parking arrangements.

WE HOPE THE WEATHER WILL BE KIND AND WISH YOU A PEACEFUL AND CELEBRATORY SOLSTICE.

Sunset and sunrise occur at the following times:

• Sunset on Wednesday 20th June 2012 is at 2126 hrs (9.26pm)
• Sunrise on Thursday 21st June 2012 is at 0452 hrs (4.52am)

  RELATED DOCUMENTS

  • Summer Solstice 2012 - Conditions of Entry (85.15 KB)

Bouncy Stonehenge on Tour

Jeremy Deller - Sacrilege | London 2012 Festival

Sacrilege tour dates (subject to change)

Thursday 21 June

National Botanic Garden, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Sunday 24 June

Heartlands, Redruth, Cornwall

Tuesday 26 June

Belmont Park, Exeter

Friday 29 June

Marlborough Common, Wiltshire

Saturday 7 July

Flag Fen, Peterborough

Wednesday 11 July

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Sunday 15 July

Saltwell Park, Gateshead

Friday 20 July

Milton Keynes

Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 July

Central Park, Greenwich, London

Wednesday 25 July

King Edward VII Park, Brent, London

Saturday 28 July

Paddington Recreation Ground, Westminster, London

Sunday 29 July

Cheam Park, Sutton, London

Tuesday 31 July

Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith & Fulham, London

Wednesday 1 August

Hampstead Heath, Camden, London

Thursday 2 August

Clapham Common, Lambeth, London

Saturday 4 August

Burgess Park, Southwark, London

Sunday 5 August

Barra Hall Park, Hillingdon, London

Tuesday 7 August

East Ham Central Park, Newham, London

Thursday 9 August

Crystal Palace, Bromley, London

Friday 10 August

Alexandra Palace, Haringey, London

Saturday 11 August

Christchurch Green, Redbridge, London

Sunday 12 August

The Waterworks Nature Reserve, Lee Valley Park, Enfield, London

Saturday 18 August

College Green, Bristol

Sunday 26 August

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Sunday 9 September

Preston Guild, Preston

Position of Stone 56

The ground plan for Stone 56 at Stonehenge shows an irregular shape which makes the orientation of the inner face hard to judge. As the stone rises from the ground it becomes much more regular and very nearly mirrors the flat outside. It is slightly thinner on the south-eastern side than the other narrow side. At eye level (5' 6" above ground) it is approximately 35" wide vs. 29" wide which over a width of 7' makes an angle difference of 4 degrees.

Looking north-east it is noticeable how the back of the stone lines up with the Station stone in the distance. And also how the line is close to the direction of Mid-Winter Sunrise and Mid-summer Sunset. (Without a proper survey I claim no more than "close to")

Pictures taken 16 June 2012 - click to enlarge.

Stonehenge by Mike Parker Pearson

The long awaited work by Mike Parker Pearson is now available. I have only had it a day but it is a great read and provides a well rounded portrait of the whole Stonehenge Landscape.
I can thoroughly recommend it, especially as he expands on the logic behind the Marden Henge route for the Sarsens. A route I independently outlined in my The Origin Of The Stonehenge Sarsens Leaflet.

It is available from Amazon by the links below, or you can support your local bookshop.




Or The Kindle Edition