Last week, two men hammered off a coin-sized chip of Stonehenge and also left a scratch several inches long on the megalithic ruin's Heel Stone. You'd think this kind of thing would happen frequently but apparently it's the first act of vandalism there in decades. From the AFP (Frédéric Vincent photo from Wikimedia Commons):
"Thanks to the vigilance and quick action of the security team at Stonehenge, very minimal damage was caused," said a spokeswoman for English Heritage.
"A tiny chip was taken from the north side of the Heel Stone with a screwdriver and hammer, but as soon as the two men were spotted by security guards they escaped over the fence and drove off.
"This is now a matter for the police," she added.
