It is our greatest monument, on a par with the pyramids. But soon it will be plagued by Tesco juggernauts. Why don’t we care about Stonehenge? Jonathan Jones finds out

Interactive guide to Stonehenge

The winter light is kind to the stones. Its mild greyness reveals the beauty of the blue lichen that has grown for thousands of years over their surfaces and even, from the right point on the path, lets you see the sinister shape of a bronze-age dagger carved into bleak rock. I’d love to be able to say it’s an encounter that leads me far from the modern world into eerie reveries - but that would be a lie.

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