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DATE: SUNDAY, July 10, 1994                   TAG: 9407100041
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A12   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LONDON                                LENGTH: Short

BRITAIN TO PRESERVE HISTORIC STONEHENGE

Britain, trying to restore the tranquillity and mystery of Stonehenge, has called on international experts to advise on removal of 20th century encroachments from the prehistoric site.

"Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the prehistoric world and comparable for Europe to the pyramids of Egypt. But the state of the site today is a national disgrace polluted by traffic noise and fumes," Lord Renfrew, archaeology professor at Cambridge University, told an international conference Friday.

Plans call for the area around the stone circle on Salisbury Plain to be returned to grassland, with the two existing roads close to it being taken out of use. - Associated Press

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