Stonehenge: 10 Strangest Facts

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It wasn't made by Druids (or Aliens or Merlin the wizard). But it was a garden centre. Get ready for the 10 strangest facts (mostly) about Stonehenge! Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney back among the stones.

Edited by Amy Haddow. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hi, we're your host's Anthony Delaney and Maddie Pelling.
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0:36.7	To mix a perfect mojita this summer, all you need is some ice, some rum, and then top up with zesty, refreshing
0:38.0	Fevertree Mojito mixer.
0:41.5	Finish with a splash of sunshine
0:43.6	and some good friends and enjoy.
0:48.2	Mmm, maybe you don't need the sunshine.
0:51.8	Fevertree mojito mixer, Mix with the best. Please enjoy responsibly.
1:00.0	Hello, my name's Anthony. No, stop. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. I messed up. Okay, go, go. Okay.
1:07.3	Hello, and welcome to After Dark. I'm Anthony. And I'm Maddie.
1:11.1	And Maddie has dragged me kicking and screaming back to Stonehenge for another episode.
1:15.8	But in today's episode, we are going to be talking about the mysteries, the myths and the legends that have grown up around one of the most mysterious prehistoric monuments.
1:25.7	And that, of course, is Stonehenge.
1:31.4	High Summer, Stonehenge's outline cuts against a clear sky. Among the stones, a circle of
1:39.1	white-robed figures stands. Long beards tugged by the breeze, sharp sickles in their hands. They burst into
1:48.4	a weird melody that echoes off the eternal stones themselves. One of them scratches his beard
1:56.4	once, twice, a third time. Confounded thing, he mutters, and pulls it right off.
2:03.2	What a waste of money that was.
2:05.7	Into the midst of this august ring of the ancient order of the druids
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