Stonehenge and the battle over a $3 billion tunnel under one of the world’s most famous prehistoric sites

For millennia Stonehenge has been the centrepiece of Neolithic funerals, druid festivals and pagan ceremonies. Now the iconic monoliths find themselves at the centre of a battle over traffic and money — and the potential destruction of priceless artefacts. The British Government wants to plunge a 2-kilometre, $3 billion tunnel underneath the Stonehenge World Heritage site — which houses one of the planet’s most iconic prehistoric monuments. Just a stone’s throw from the monoliths is the busy A303 highway, a road which connects London with south-west England.