Stonehenge is not visibly damaged by the protest painting. It is clean and ready to greet the summer solstice.
The Stonehenge monuments, which have stood since an indeterminate period of their construction ranging between 5,000 and 3,000 years According to archaeologists, they are intact after the action of climate protesters who were arrested for spraying them with orange paint.
Nick Merrimanexecutive director of English Heritage which manages the English monumental heritage, showed his displeasure at the intervention by Just Stop Oil activists: “It’s difficult to understand and we are deeply saddened,” Merriman told ‘BBC Radio 4′. “Es vandalism against one of the most famous ancient monuments in the world.
Thousands of visitors in search of “spiritual emotions”
The declared site World Heritage by UNESCO It was expected to host thousands of visitors in the early hours of Friday.
Stonehenge It was built on a plain windswept in the south of England in stages that began 5,000 years ago. His Origin and purpose remain a mysteryalthough the stone circle aligns with the summer solstice sunrise and the sunset of the winter solstice, which attracts the most colorful and exotic crowds, from self-proclaimed druids a sun worshipers.
A 73-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were released on bail on Thursday after being arrested a day earlier on suspicion of criminal damage to an ancient monument.
Orange powder to ancient stones
The group against climate change Just Stop Oil took responsibility for the act on Wednesday and posted a video showing a man identified as Rajan Naidu throwing a orange powder with a fire extinguisher to one of the vertical stones.
Just Stop Oil He said the painting was made of cornstarch and would dissolve with the rain
Merriman said experts cleaned the orange powder from the stones because they were concerned about how it might react with water.
no one applauds
The publicity stunt was one of a long list of disruptive acts by Just Stop Oil to draw attention to the climate crisis. The acts have led to convictions, prison sentences and widespread criticism and qualifiers like “ecopayasos”.
The Stonehenge demonstration was quickly condemned by the Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who described it as “shameful act of vandalism.” His main opponent in next month’s election, Labor leader Keir Starmerdescribed the group as “pathetic” and said the damage was “scandalous”.
The group intervened again by spray-painting private planes at an airport outside London. Two women were arrested.
