Winter Solstice

On the day of the Summer Solstice, The Druids peform their secret rituals at Stonehenge , a place which existed centuries before Druids did, but never-the-less they claimed it as their own. But it would appear that Stonehenge was more than a Temple - it was a giant astronomical calculator whose construction in stages over many centuries began around 2900BC. Then it was a circular ditch with a bank and gaps that seem to be aligned towards the summer sun at the Solstice, and 56 holes in the ground inside the bank provided fixed reference points for the ancient astronomers to calculate phases of the moon and perhaps eclipses of moon and sun. The big stones making up the Sarsen Circle came 500 years later.

We've just passed theWinter Solstice, the date of the longest night.The shortest day followed and lasted 9hours 53 minutes and 35 seconds.The next few days will be 1,4 6 9 and 12 seconds longer and in a month the day will last 10hours 12minutes and 49 seconds. For what its worth...
This photo shows the sun rising above the Heel Stone looking out from the middle of Stonehenge on the Summer Solstice. Theres more to read about stonhenge here http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehengeD.html