Considering the proliferation of Neolithic sites and their presumed pagan roots, why did the English, or Scottish, Welsh, Irish allow the sites to remain. Wouldn't the monarchs and their governments, with many of them intolerant of other religions, not want any remnants of paganism to remain? What are the accounts of destroyed sites, if any?
Sorry if I misled anyone in the title. I was actually interested if this happened in the British Isles at all, not necessarily confined to the lands of England. Thanks!