Stonehenge

As a major exhibition on Stonehenge opens at the British Museum, we're celebrating with guides, galleries, podcasts and opinion pieces to help you get to know this ancient wonder. And don't forget the many other henges, sites and structures across Britain that are worthy of attention…

A photo of Stonehenge with plains in the background

General prehistory

Secrets of Stonehenge When & how was it built?

Crowds gather to watch the summer solstice sunrise at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, 2019

Opinion “Stonehenge is no longer a Neolithic monument – it is a pop culture phenomenon”

Pod Mike Pitts WL

General prehistory

Stonehenge: everything you wanted to know (part one)

Your guide to Stonehenge, plus 12 fascinating facts you might not know

General ancient history

History’s greatest mysteries Stonehenge . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General prehistory

Prehistoric religion: a pagan riddle we will never solve?

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

In pictures Stonehenge tourism through history

Tourists at Stonehenge

General prehistory

Stonehenge: a prehistoric tourist trap

Stonehenge: Not a henge, but certainly a stone circle, and a very long-lived centre of human activity. (Getty Images)

General ancient history

Stonehenge mystery solved: where do the large stones come from?

Britain's stone monuments

Find out more about the other henges, sites and structures that tell us more about Britain's prehistoric past…

Andrew Ziminski pictured at his workshop in Somerset.

General ancient history

Andrew Ziminski "The stonework at Stonehenge is a Gordian knot of mind-bogglingness"

Stonehenge: Not a henge, but certainly a stone circle, and a very long-lived centre of human activity. (Getty Images)

Your guide to Britain’s prehistoric stone circles

Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors: A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials

General prehistory

Alice Roberts “Graves are like time capsules – little microcosms of prehistoric culture"

A panorama of the man-made Neolithic structure Silbury Hill in Wiltshire

Explore Silbury Hill & Avebury, the site of Neolithic Britons

The west Cornish tomb Lanyon Quoit, which dates to the Neolithic period (3500–2500 BC). The Anglo-Saxons believed that ancient burial sites were cursed – and guarded by dragons. (Image by Dreamstime)

Giants, dragons and Middle Earth: the Anglo-Saxon fear of the past

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)

General prehistory

History Explorer: Neolithic treatment of the dead

GJ1HTR A standing stone at Borvemore, with a view to beaches beyond, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

General prehistory

Explore 8 little-known prehistoric sites in Britain

A statue of Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle in Scotland. The castle

BBC presenter Neil Oliver on his top 5 must-visit places in Britain