Stonehenge

[von Baur]

My hat is OFF (get it?) to you it you have. I had to cheat and look up the lat/long on the real thing and look in that area. From what I found online it's modeled about 25 seconds too far north and about the same too far west. Which puts it in the middle of these trees (bottom of picture):

 

There are a few fields just south and east of there that would make it easier to find. Or maybe the treeline could be pushed north.*edit* If you look at satelite imagery there's barely a few stands of trees within kilometers. Very open ground.

Edited January 3, 2011 by von Baur

[von Baur]

There were a half dozen or so...a couple of small ones in the center of three or four large ones. That was all I saw, anyway...opted not to make a kamikaze run to find out for sure. I doubt I could have counted fast enough if I had. I'll bet you never saw any trees in any of those pictures, either. I know I haven't.

 

 

[gaw]

who knew?....certainly worth a visit....thanks!

[Parky]

Stonehenge isn't located anywhere even close to that. It's located about 2 minutes north of Athens Greece. How do I know this you ask? Easy.....because I just built it there playing as Alexander in Civ 5.

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Apparently the gardner was conscripted into the King's Army at the onset of hostilities. Needs a good pruning and weeding before the next Druid meeting, (but then they're all likely serving at the Front as well).

 

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[von Baur]

As stated in the initial post, the lat/long coordinates are a near perfect match with the real thing...about 25 seconds farther north and 25 seconds farther west in the game. The key error is that there are far too many trees in the neighborhood. Stonehenge sits on a grassy plain, whereas this is woodland. In fact, the trees surrounding the monoliths are but the southern tip of a rather large wooded area. Not quite a forest, but much more than a stand or even a grove, iirc.

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Huh, I've been to the Salisbury Plain and Stonehenge and I don't recall any forest in sight anywhere, in any direction. Must be aliens planting mutant shrubbery.

 

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[+Olham]

Just type in "Stonehenge, Great Britain" in Google Maps, and you'll get a satelite pic.

If you check the environement, you'll find more traces of old places and digging.

 

Amazing, that it's in OFF!

Edited January 4, 2011 by Olham

[+Hasse Wind]

 

Huh, I've been to the Salisbury Plain and Stonehenge and I don't recall any forest in sight anywhere, in any direction. Must be aliens planting mutant shrubbery.

 

 

I think it might be the same goblin that likes to plant all those trees at the ends of runways. Nasty little bugger, that one.

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Aaaah, I bet you're right HW, and he is a nasty bugger. I believe they modelled this smilie after him:

 

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[von Baur]

Did someone say "shrubbery"?

 

And who are you calling a mutant?