Ever since man wanted to praise, to memorialise or to celebrate, he's chosen the circle as one his favourite geometric forms.
Stonehenge, just a short distance up the road from us, is the ancient form ... but there's many more modern forms too.

The modern stone circle - rather a different form - at
Heaven's Gate, on the
Longleat estate, was constructed very recently.

So was the circle of railway trucks at
Ystrad Mynach in the Cardiff Valleys.

Perhaps the best known of modern celebration circles, though, is the Millenium Wheel in
Central London ....
(written 2006-09-27)
| Commentator | says ... | | Chris Ellis: | Looking at the heavens gate stone circle one word springs to mind. Stargate. It's even got a similar name :). (comment added 2006-09-27 08:50:04) |
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