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An Amesbury resident at the turnstile for Stonehenge, 1935 (© Wiltshire Swindon History Centre and J Fuller)

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Larry Siedentrop photographed for BBC History Magazine. (Image by Geraint Lewis)

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Professor Richard Bradley investigates the Neolithic tomb of Wayland's Smithy. The stone monument we see today hides an earlier wooden structure that held the remains of 14 people. (Photo by Oliver Edwards)

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