Stonehenge has been an amazing place and will always be a connection to the past. As a child in the 1960s, I remember climbing rocks and seeing visitors’ initials carved into them like ancient trees. It is possible that Grandma also carved mine and my sister into one of the stones. I’ll take the guides Sculptures and graffiti tour One day to confirm this, but this site states that the family name is written on stone 23, albeit written with “any“instead of ‘y.’
It was years before historians took action to protect these prehistoric sites. According to BBCVisitors carried hammers and chisels until 1900 to take home their Stonehenge souvenirs.
