we are Alessandro, Rosario and Gerardina, on Saturday morning we and our group went to Stonehenge. We took the bus from Oxford at about 8 o'clock opposite the Greens' Cafe and we arrived at about 10 o'clock to Stonehenge. When we arrived we were very excited because it was the first time that we went there.
Stonehenge is a very old and misterious place. Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. Archaeologists believe that the standing stones were erected around 2200 BC and the surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury henge monument, and it is also a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. There are a lot of legends about Stonehenge. One of these is that "the Devil bought the stones from a woman in Ireland, wrapped them up, and brought them to Salisbury plain. One of the stones fell into the Avon, the rest were carried to the plain. The Devil then cried out, "No-one will ever find out how these stones came here!" A friar replied, "That’s what you think!," whereupon the Devil threw one of the stones at him and struck him on the heel. The stone stuck in the ground and is still there."
Below there are some our photos
After Stonehenge, we went to Salisbury, a nice town, famous for its cathedral The Cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock and has one of the four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta (all four original copies are in Britain). It is really interesting!!!
Below there are same photos of Salisbury:
We arrived to Oxford at about half past six!!!
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