Help wanted: Stonehenge general manager

[IDemo]

Stonehenge, built around 2,500 B.C. in Wiltshire, England, is seeking a general manager for the first time to run operations as the facility expands with a new visitor center and galleries and the noisy expressway nearby moves farther away.

Possibly the most famous prehistoric monument in the world, the ring of monolithic stones have fascinated people for thousands of years.

"We are looking for a dynamic and inspirational person to welcome the million plus visitors to Stonehenge each year including the tens of thousands who celebrate the sun-rise there every Summer Solstice," Tim Reeve, English Heritage's Historic Properties Director, said in a notice posted on the Stonehenge website.

Stonehenge has had an on-site manager before, but the new position will expand responsibilities as the staff will nearly double in size to 80, plus 100 additional volunteers, a spokesman for English Heritage said. The new facilities at the World Heritage site are expected to help attract up to 1.25 million visitors annually within four years.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/help-wanted-stonehenge-general-manager-6C9546595

Born on the Summer Solstice, I'd be perfect for the job.

[Bolo Boffin]

1. Lord Summerisle need not apply. n/t

[flamingdem]

2. You see there are plenty of jobs out there

and in this case it might be a plus if you're a pagan!

[dipsydoodle]

3. "noisy expressway" ?

Fuck knows what that's supposed to mean. Who writes this shit ?

[IDemo]

4. Motorway or highway n/t

[dipsydoodle]

7. The closest roads

are the A344 and the A303 - neither being what you'd call a highway and definitely not a motorway.

Looks like they were going to tunnel it anyway but now intend to turn it into continuous dual carriageway :

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/10331462.End_to_A303_jams_/

From the A303 you just see Stonehenge in the distance - last drove past it a few years back when I drove west to pick up a kitten. To most of here its just there / just is - I first went there as a child in the '50s when you could just walkabout as you pleased.

[msongs]

10. went there in 1963 - dead quiet for miles, wind swept, drizzly, only three people in the whole place

under those conditions it had a great aura. weren't any tour busses going there then that we saw

[dipsydoodle]

11. From memory

the concept of tour buses didn't exist here then so you wouldn't have seen any.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Since the A303 is a primary route - a significant road for the south west

(what you'd probably use between the south west and Dover, for instance) and is about 200 yards from Stonehenge, I think it qualifies for 'highway'. It's already dual carriageway within a kilometre of the monument.

[sylvi]

6. Isn't there a major roadway

running alongside it?

[frogmarch]

5. I wonder why

“duties involving liaising with druid leaders” is important. According to radiocarbon dating, the construction of Stonehenge began around 3100 BC and ended around 1600 BC. The Druid priesthood didn’t exist until after 300 BC. Druids, ancient or modern, have nothing to do with Stonehenge.

[Initech]

8. We had a Stonehenge monument on stage that was about to be crushed by a dwarf.

[Nye Bevan]

9. That job rocks (nt)

[JNelson6563]

13. Where do I apply?

That would be awesome!

Julie

[RZM]

14. Must have Druid outfit, be available to work solstices n/t