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The Stonehenge we deserve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Geoffrey Wainwright
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Abstract

After years of discussion and argument, the fate of Stonehenge and its landscape has been decided. As Professor Geoffrey Wainwright (former Head of Archaeology at English Heritage) describes, there is at last political will to ensure a better future for the monument.

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StonehengeWorld Heritage Conventionvisitor centremonumentroadsMillennium Park
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000 , pp. 334 - 342
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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