Vital repair work to fix cracks and holes in Stonehenge's prehistoric megaliths begins
The work, which will see scaffolding erected to allow access to the top of the stones, the largest of which is about 9 metres high, will stop existing cracks getting bigger and replace concrete mortar which was used for repairs in the 1950s and 60s with lime mortar.
As part of the project, Richard Woodman-Bailey, 71, who placed a coin under one of the giant stones in 1958 during the last major conservation works when he was just eight, will come back to place a newly struck 2 pound coin within the new mortar, English Heritage said.Source: Reuters
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