CHANGING RUINS; Victorians used cranes to rebuild Stonehenge in 1901.

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Byline: RICHARD SMITHSTONEHENGE is as much the work of 20th century engineers as prehistoric man, it was revealed yesterday.One million visitors a year marvel at Britain's most famous ancient monument. But the idea the existing circle of stones was created 4,000 years ago is a myth, according to historian Brian Edwards.He has uncovered photographs showing fallen stones being hauled into place using cranes and scaffolding during a series of facelifts beginning in 1901.Lintels were put back up and the giant supporting stones pulled upright. It is thought 14 were set in concrete concealed under the turf and only seven are in their original sockets.Mr Edwards, 44, a post-graduate research student at the University of the West of England in Bristol, said: "Stonehenge was historically cleansed and the true history was hidden away."For too long people have been kept in the dark over the Stonehenge restoration work."I'm astonished by how few people know about it.He added: "What we have been looking at is a 20th century landscape which is reminiscent of what Stonehenge might have looked like thousands of years ago."It has been created by the heritage industry and is not the creation of prehistoric people."Most guide books make no mention of the work during the Victorian era or the other restorations in 1919, 1920, 1958, 1959 and 1964.The way the monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire looks today is very different from when John Constable painted it in 1835.The Stonehenge in his picture is a jumble of fallen and collapsing stones with few of the trilithons - two uprights and a lintel - still intact.But English Heritage, the guardian of the monument, intends to rewrite the official guide books to make sure the rebuilding is no longer glossed over.English Heritage senior archaeologist Dave Batchelor, who will undertake the task, said: "The decision not to cover the work in any detail was taken before my time."The work is a very important part of the history of Stonehenge and when people are told about it they are fascinated. The information was dropped in the 1970s but we are moving to remedy that."English Heritage spokeswoman Elspeth Henderson said: "I don't think we have deliberately sought not to talk about the reconstruction."It depends what you focus on, and we think most people are interested in why it was built and the different elements of its development."CAPTION(S):MAKING HISTORY: Pulleys and ropes are attached to stones as labourers work on Stonehenge 100 years ago; RUIN: Constable's 1835 painting; REPAIRS: First restoration in 1901; RENOVATED: Stonehenge in 2001