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Wanted: Stonehenge general manager to meet with Druids

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Only the "brightest and the best" need apply for the £65,000-a-year job to manage the famous attraction, which draws Druids and daytrippers to the prehistoric monument each year.

The tasks will involve meeting with Druid leaders and ensuring the solstice celebrations "aren't in some way compromising the mystery and integrity of the stones", English Heritage said.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage the attraction, which is aligned with the solstice sun, muck in to help the site's one million visitors and lead the monument's 180 staff and volunteers.

Tim Reeve, English Heritage's historic properties director, said: "You could be up at the stones one minute, in outdoor garb trying to help visitors, then you can be back in a state-of-the-art visitors centre. The next time you could be in a suit, representing our site.

"It is also important to ensure we keep dignity for the stones, and that the solstice celebrations aren't in some way compromising the mystery and integrity of the stones."

Another important duty would be maintaining relationships with Druid leaders such as King Arthur Pendragon, who campaigned to make the site open to the public during the summer and winter solstices, said Mr Reeve, adding: "This year marks a new dawn for Stonehenge."

General responsibilities will also include promoting ideas and overseeing the arrangements for the summer and winter solstices and seasonal gatherings, and the closing date for job applications is May 5.

Stonehenge was raised more than 4,000 years ago as a temple to the sun, with its ditches and banks said to be even older, and is aligned with the rising and setting of the sun at the solstices, although its exact purpose remains a mystery.

It was begun around 3,000BC in the Neolithic period and construction activities continued until about 1600BC in the Bronze Age.

Among the frequent visitors to Stonehenge is Siobhan Peal, 62, who visits the site most days, according to the Independent.

Although she is "not a Druid”, she is Stonehenge’s “honorary shaman”, said said, adding: "This is a place where there is balance. I feel that I have to be in this place - and people find me."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10007316/Wanted-Stonehenge-general-manager-to-meet-with-Druids.html


Now this seems like an interesting job.
Anyone gonna apply? :D
 
For the first time in its 5,000-year history, the owners of Stonehenge are seeking a general manager, whose responsibilities will include liaising with Druid leaders and maintaining the "dignity of the stones".

Only the "brightest and the best" need apply for the £65,000-a-year job to manage the famous attraction, which draws Druids and daytrippers to the prehistoric monument each year.

The tasks will involve meeting with Druid leaders and ensuring the solstice celebrations "aren't in some way compromising the mystery and integrity of the stones", English Heritage said.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage the attraction, which is aligned with the solstice sun, muck in to help the site's one million visitors and lead the monument's 180 staff and volunteers.

Tim Reeve, English Heritage's historic properties director, said: "You could be up at the stones one minute, in outdoor garb trying to help visitors, then you can be back in a state-of-the-art visitors centre. The next time you could be in a suit, representing our site.

"It is also important to ensure we keep dignity for the stones, and that the solstice celebrations aren't in some way compromising the mystery and integrity of the stones."

Another important duty would be maintaining relationships with Druid leaders such as King Arthur Pendragon, who campaigned to make the site open to the public during the summer and winter solstices, said Mr Reeve, adding: "This year marks a new dawn for Stonehenge."

General responsibilities will also include promoting ideas and overseeing the arrangements for the summer and winter solstices and seasonal gatherings, and the closing date for job applications is May 5.

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