In Pictures: Stonehenge through the decades
It is 100 years since Stonehenge was donated to the nation.
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Friday marks 100 years since Stonehenge was donated to the nation, and English Heritage is holding a day of celebrations.
Here we take a look at the ancient monument through the years to mark the milestone.
![Musicians rehearsing at Stonehenge in Wiltshire ahead of English Heritage's celebrations marking 100 years since Stonehenge was donated to the nation](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25194258/8be60caf-7496-47ed-b5a9-320491abe743.jpg)
![Musicians rehearsing at Stonehenge in Wiltshire ahead of English Heritage's celebrations marking 100 years since Stonehenge was donated to the nation](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25194402/1be0cbc9-c3f0-41d6-8c95-663240fa6b76.jpg)
![Musicians rehearsing at Stonehenge in Wiltshire ahead of English Heritage's celebrations marking 100 years since Stonehenge was donated to the nation](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25194258/8be60caf-7496-47ed-b5a9-320491abe743.jpg)
![Stonehenge whilst its sarsen stones were buttressed with timber to prevent their collapse in 1913](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25201205/daf79d57-fc71-401a-b784-df31672dde8a.jpg)
![Members of the Haemus Lodge (Brighton and Worthing District of Sussex) during their mid-summer ceremony at Stonehenge in 1949](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25201940/daacf75d-8f47-4691-8886-4806830dc85d.jpg)
![Edinburgh University Professor Richard Atkinson, left, looking for evidence of the origins of Stonehenge in 1958](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25201309/10e150a3-ecb1-48ad-9b04-0c27300111ea.jpg)
![The final stone being put in place during the restoration of Stonehenge on 09/07/1958](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25201619/b0b39c62-09a6-4b93-ace7-377f513a1164.jpg)
![Photo dated 30/06/1959 of what is known to the Ministry of Works as No. 91 Station Stone undergoing preparations to be straightened at Stonehenge](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25202052/8e02e819-9408-428d-aa81-0cfaff364dc6.jpg)
![Stonehenge in Wiltshire in 1968](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25201505/8e0299d0-8ad1-4512-bb79-5689b55d566c.jpg)
![People wearing white robes during a procession in 1981 celebrating the Midsummer Solstice at Stonehenge](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25194953/e459e35f-9030-4ced-922d-1c2ecf63e029.jpg)
![A 1985 photo of people chanting and holding hands ahead of Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25194218/b886d1c6-f546-4586-a93f-8bd5828fb0db.jpg)
![Police in 1985 preventing people from reaching Stonehenge during a clash against a banned pop festival](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25194827/230f0951-aed5-46a2-8ac4-9ecea873740b.jpg)
![A woman holding a baby as she is led away by a policeman after violence erupted due to people attempting to hold a banned pop festival at Stonehenge in 1985](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25200938/78d67de2-dbfa-4568-b2a2-f73645dfb57d.jpg)
![Barbed wire preventing people from reaching Stonehenge in 1985 after a pop festival was banned](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25201036/9435f0a4-cd2f-4217-be09-dc18962756c1.jpg)
![Police in 1989 monitoring roads around Stonehenge to prevent people from gathering to celebrate the Summer Solstice](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25194910/d6b3c471-29be-4b50-9c86-b18ae2f890fb.jpg)
![Army cadets and members of the Royal British Legion forming a circle of remembrance at Stonehenge in 2000](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25194135/4fa94b48-21b9-4892-85a6-68e073f774f1.jpg)
![People celebrating the Summer Solstice in 2002](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25200902/1c233a7f-3e90-4bfe-af2b-f60e050b32c4.jpg)
![A member of the Sport England team taking the Queen's Baton Relay past Stonehenge in 2005](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25195125/b523ea75-23c3-4848-8095-85820fd0c392.jpg)
![Arthur Pendragon watching the sunrise at Stonehenge in 2005](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25195041/17dbe6ce-9585-4dd5-9735-3fb9efb970d2.jpg)
![Crowds gather to celebrate the Winter Solstice in 2009](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25200702/a7db4863-9f15-43b3-bf6a-ec00dd93451b.jpg)
![Michael Johnson holding the Olympic Flame at Stonehenge in 2012](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25200745/535a4daa-9648-4d85-a156-144a2ea11457.jpg)
![Then prime minister David Cameron visiting Stonehenge in 2014](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25195159/9eb64035-1dd6-4d2a-9a0d-e9b6526b20e8.jpg)
![A woman wearing a colourful head-dress at Stonehenge during the 2018 Summer Solstice](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/25200821/2eed89b9-26b0-46b3-9875-c93b45cd2e43.jpg)