so we re going to be doing some repair work to that, because at the time they used a mortar that was very hard and we are going to replace that with lime mortar. surveying the earlier work at the time was eight year old richard woodman bailey. his father was the chief architect, and young richard concealed a coin within the stones. today, 63 years on, despite being older and wiser, he will do the same again with a £2 coin, struck specially for the occasion by the royal mint. to follow up that 1958 coin with a 2021 britannia £2 coin, is really a great honour indeed. repairing, restoring, conserving there are subtle differences. and at this world heritage site everything is tightly controlled. after all, they are working in the footsteps of giants. they may not have used phrases like structural engineer or architect 11,500 years ago,
able to do this today. over 60 years has passed, and to find it s something that s been remembered and has been recorded, in fact, is happening, to be able now, as they are going to be doing some further minor repairs to some of the stones this year, to follow up that 1958 coin with a 2021 britannia £2 coin, is really a great honour indeed. repairing, restoring, conserving there are subtle differences. and at this world heritage site everything is tightly controlled. after all, they are working in the footsteps of giants. they may not have used phrases like structural engineer or architect 4500 years ago, but they were very clever people. on top of each pillar there s a tenonjoint, that bit of rock that you can see sticking up. they would then go
there are subtle differences. and at this world heritage site everything is tightly controlled. after all, they are working in the footsteps of giants. they may not have used phrases like structural engineer or architect a500 years ago, but they were very clever people. on top of each pillar there s a tenonjoint, that bit of rock that you can see sticking up. they would then go inside this mortise hole. so the lintels would have sat on top of the pillars. we think this one was never actually placed on top of the pillar. we don t know why. as with so much in stonehenge, it remains a mystery. with our changing climate, english heritage is aware the stones will face different weather patterns, so the hope is to future proof the work for at least the next 60, 70, maybe 100 years. which, of course, when this place is a500 years old, is the merest blink of an eye. john maguire, bbc news, stonehenge.
repairs to some of the stones this year, to follow up that 1958 coin with a 2021 britannia £2 coin, is really a great honour indeed. repairing, restoring, conserving there are subtle differences. and at this world heritage site everything is tightly controlled. after all, they are working in the footsteps of giants. they may not have used phrases like structural engineer or architect ii,500 years ago, but they were very clever people. on top of each pillar there s a tenonjoint, that bit of rock that you can see sticking up. they would then go inside this mortise hole. so the lintels would have sat on top of the pillars. we think this one was never actually placed on top of the pillar. we don t know why. as with so much in stonehenge, it remains a mystery. with our changing climate,