Some 25 pits would have held megaliths the size of the small ones at Stonehenge. Every excavated pit was empty. Between the circle and the Heel Stone, a large sarsen, known as the Slaughter Stone ...

It explains: 'At Stonehenge on the summer solstice, the sun rises behind the Heel Stone in the north-east part of the horizon and its first rays shine into the heart of Stonehenge. 'Observers at ...

But thanks to modern scientific techniques and the unexpected return of a core sample drilled from Stonehenge's 'Stone ...

On the summer solstice, the central Altar stone at Stonehenge aligns with the Heel stone, the Slaughter stone and the rising sun to the north east. Sunrise is celebrated at Stonehenge on 21 June ...