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Stonehenge

            Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, 2 miles west of Amesbury and 8 miles north of Salisbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 4.1 metres high, 2.1 metres)wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.

One of the most famous landmarks in the UK, Stonehenge is regarded as a British cultural icon. It has been a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1882 when legislation to protect historic monuments was first successfully introduced in Britain. The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986.

Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. Deposits containing human bone date from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug, and continued for at least another five hundred years.

Photo taken from a stopping a precarious place on  A303
main road. I'm pretty sure you can no longer get this view from the road.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Stonehenge (show map)

Taken on: July 1, 1987

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