{"id":1164,"date":"2022-06-25T09:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T09:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yacsomerset.co.uk\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2022-07-04T12:28:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T12:28:19","slug":"maya-visit-to-stonehenge-11th-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yacsomerset.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/06\/25\/maya-visit-to-stonehenge-11th-june-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"MAYA visit to Stonehenge &#8211; 11th June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our MAYA June session was something really special!\u00a0 We went by coach to Stonehenge for a guided tour led by Dr Julian Richards, one of the country\u2019s leading Stonehenge experts.\u00a0 After an introductory talk, Julian led us on a walk across the surrounding landscape.\u00a0 We walked along part of the Stonehenge cursus, and explored several of the Bronze Age barrows.\u00a0 Julian had brought along replicas of a number of artefacts, including those which were found in the Amesbury Archer burial, which he demonstrated by one of our MAYANS re-enacting the burial on top of the round barrow!<\/p>\n<p>We then set off for the monument itself.\u00a0 Julian had brought along a copy of his book \u201cThe Amazing Pop-Up Stonehenge\u201d which includes a model of the how the monument had looked with all the stones in place.\u00a0 This was a very useful prop when he was explaining about the stones and the alignment of the monument.\u00a0 At the end of the day several MAYANS bought the book and Julian signed it for them.<\/p>\n<p>After we had walked around the monument we stopped for a picnic before heading back to the visitors centre.\u00a0 The MAYANS shopped for souvenirs and then afterwards Julian took us around the reconstructed Neolithic houses.\u00a0 By this time it had started to rain so after thanking Julian for a fantastic day we headed back to the coach.<\/p>\n<p>This visit was made possible by the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society\u2019s Gray Fund who very 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