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Stonehenge on world's most threatened wonders

Started by behaviour??? , Jan 13 2010 05:10 PM

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#1    behaviour???

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Posted 13 January 2010 - 05:10 PM

www.telegraph.co.uk said:

The government's decision to abandon, on cost grounds, a plan to bury roads around Stonehenge in a tunnel underground and the cancellation of plans for a permanent visitor centre, have put the site on the Threatened Wonders list of Wanderlust magazine.

Other sites are the 4x4-scarred Wadi Rum in Jordan, and the tourist-eroded paths and steps of the great Inca site at Machu Picchu in Peru.

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Posted 14 January 2010 - 04:20 PM

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Posted 14 January 2010 - 04:41 PM

What do they mean exactly by "threatened"? I don't know of any plans to build any multi-lane superhighways over the site any time soon, and I expect there'd be a bit of a fuss if anyone did consider such a thing. Sounds like some sensationalist journalism at Wanderlust magazine in an attempt to get a bit of publicity, is what I'd say. And does it really "need more visitors", seeing that every single guide book and every list of "Places you must visit!" invariably include it? Besides, how is encouraging more visitors a way to conserve anywhere?

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Posted 14 January 2010 - 08:07 PM

View Post747400, on 14 January 2010 - 04:41 PM, said:

What do they mean exactly by "threatened"?

thats what i was wondering, its not like there gonna move one of the wonders of the world for a road.....
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Posted 15 January 2010 - 12:44 AM

Threatened? How so? When I went to Stonehenge, us tourists weren't allowed anywhere near the thing. We had to walk along this concrete path around it. Sorta made one feel like a leper.
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Posted 15 January 2010 - 04:16 AM

That's what I thought. It's been a long time since visitors were allowed up on the site itself.
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Posted 18 January 2010 - 01:45 AM

I don't know what would be such a threat to solid stone thats stood there for 1000s of years in all weather, earthquakes and everything else nature threw at it.

I remember walking through it and touching it as a kid back in the 80s, can't get near it any more.

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Posted 18 January 2010 - 08:48 AM

Stonehenge isn't the only ancient megalith site in Britain. If you can't get to Stonehenge, don't despair. Visit other places instead. Stone Circles and Megaliths
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