In pictures: Druids descend on Stonehenge to mark winter solstice

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Reuters A reveller in costume attends winter solstice celebrations at the Stonehenge

Thousands of revellers gathered at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on Sunday morning to welcome the sunrise on the winter solstice - the shortest day of the year.

Wearing Celtic clothing and elaborate, nature-inspired headdresses, druids and pagans danced around the Neolithic stone circle in Wiltshire thought to have been built by distant ancestors to align with the movements of the Sun.

EPA Revelers dance near Stonehenge wearing green and red dresses and capes.

EPA Women dressed all in red stand in front of a Neolithic stone singing.

PA Media Kefan Wang (left), 4th-generation Manchu Shaman, dances as people take part in the winter solstice celebrations during sunrise at the Stonehenge

PA Media Morris dancers perform in front of Stonehenge as people take part in the winter solstice celebration

EPA Revellers drum together near Stonehenge.

Getty Images People gather on Glastonbury Tor as they take part in a winter solstice ceremony. The church on the hill can be seen in the background, with people standing around a woman dressed in red holding a drum and a bonfire.

Getty Images A woman rests her head against one of Stonehenge's stones in a moment of quiet contemplation.

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