Salisbury, Plain and Simple
You've got to admire the dedication and fitness of the long-distance Stone Age travellers.
There are some historians who believe that the Icknield Way runs from Wiltshire to the coast of Norfolk and provided our ancestors with a communication line as distinct as anything built up through modern industry.
The western section of the Icknield Way is known as the Rideway and runs from Salisbury Plain to the Thames where archaeologists have found furrows for corn and ditches for land drainage and defence.
One such ditch is well known.
It's circular, about 325 feet across, 20 foot wide and about 6½ feet deep and is the first stage of what we now called Stonehenge.
Few places match the diversity offered to visitors of Salisbury and Stonehenge.
Our history unfolds between the two.
The awesome sight of Stonehenge has a big impact on the mind and eye and puts our 21st Century egos in place as we anticipate the effort and knowledge of our Stone Age ancestors.
The awesome sight of Salisbury Cathedral also has us pondering our roots.
The original cathedral was built at Old Sarum, but a squabble between the local clergy and military led to the building of a 'new' cathedral in 1220.
It took 38 years and is said to be a masterpiece of English architecture.
The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum stands opposite the cathedral in the King's House, a Grade I listed building.
Surrounding the Cathedral Close is a 14th Century city wall and beyond this wall is the city centre.
Salisbury is steeped in history, having been the centre for of serious military importance for centuries, the city's museums and halls will hold a military historian enraptured for days.
Artists and musicians will find much to keep them entertained in and around the Assembly Rooms; one John Constable having used the Cathedral spire as a backdrop for several of his landscape paintings.
There are some historians who believe that the Icknield Way runs from Wiltshire to the coast of Norfolk and provided our ancestors with a communication line as distinct as anything built up through modern industry.
The western section of the Icknield Way is known as the Rideway and runs from Salisbury Plain to the Thames where archaeologists have found furrows for corn and ditches for land drainage and defence.
One such ditch is well known.
It's circular, about 325 feet across, 20 foot wide and about 6½ feet deep and is the first stage of what we now called Stonehenge.
Few places match the diversity offered to visitors of Salisbury and Stonehenge.
Our history unfolds between the two.
The awesome sight of Stonehenge has a big impact on the mind and eye and puts our 21st Century egos in place as we anticipate the effort and knowledge of our Stone Age ancestors.
The awesome sight of Salisbury Cathedral also has us pondering our roots.
The original cathedral was built at Old Sarum, but a squabble between the local clergy and military led to the building of a 'new' cathedral in 1220.
It took 38 years and is said to be a masterpiece of English architecture.
The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum stands opposite the cathedral in the King's House, a Grade I listed building.
Surrounding the Cathedral Close is a 14th Century city wall and beyond this wall is the city centre.
Salisbury is steeped in history, having been the centre for of serious military importance for centuries, the city's museums and halls will hold a military historian enraptured for days.
Artists and musicians will find much to keep them entertained in and around the Assembly Rooms; one John Constable having used the Cathedral spire as a backdrop for several of his landscape paintings.
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