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risperdaloro The ambition has long been to leave the stones themselves in splendid isolation, clearing the old visitor centre away and building something new well out of sight of the monument itself. After looking at a range of locations, English Heritage finally opted for a site at Airman’s Corner – one and a half miles from the stones themselves, within a natural dip in the landscape. 'One of the key issues over the years has been where we should locate the new facilities,’ Lorraine Knowles, English Heritage’s Stonehenge director, says. 'There was no disagreement that we needed to do something and close the road and that we needed to improve the setting around the stones. But the big question has been about where we should put the new centre.’