Skyscape

Stonehenge is famous for its alignments with the sun, with thousands of people gathering at the site to witness midsummer sunrise. But how exactly do the stones line up with the movements of the sun? And was the monument also built to mark the cycles of the moon?

With the help of Skyscape, a website showing a live view of the skies above the monument, we explore how Stonehenge related to the skies and what these celestial bodies might have meant to Neolithic people.

LIVE! See the skies above Stonehenge

The Skyscape website has been created by English Heritage to enable people around the world to experience the skies above the iconic stone circle, to learn about movements of the sun, moon and planets and to see the solar alignment at Stonehenge

Aside from the technical and informational aspects of Skyscape it’s also our hope that you’ll enjoy it from a more human perspective. We’ve created a webpage which offers a small escape, a pleasant place to visit, to which you can return frequently, even within a single day, and connect with the land, the stones and the skies above.

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Celestial Stonehenge

Stonehenge Skyscape allows enthusiasts all over the world to experience sunrise, and see the journey of the stars and the moon from within the stone circle any time of the day or night.

Learn more about the design of Stonehenge and find out how its builders may have understood their place in the cosmos.

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