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Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones.
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Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in Wiltshire, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by about 24 kilometres (15 mi), rather than a specific monument or building. The sites were inscribed as co-listings in 1986.
Stonehenge is a prehistoric World Heritage Site of megaliths. It is eight miles (13 kilometers) north of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. [1] the site was built between 3100 BC and 1550 BC. It was used until the Bronze Age. The monument is made of a henge, [2] with standing stones in circles.
Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge. The sunlight shining through a trilithon at Stonehenge. The silver ratio relationship between Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid and the Equator. The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge has long been studied for its possible connections with ancient astronomy.
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Dec 7, 2021 · Find out how and why Stonehenge was built and learn about the people who created these extraordinary monuments 4,500 years ago.
Far from standing alone, Stonehenge forms part of a remarkable complex of connected prehistoric sites across the Wiltshire landscape. In 1986, together with Avebury, it was one of the very first sites in the UK to be made a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A timeline of Stonehenge. The first Stonehenge was built about 5,000 years ago, in the period of prehistory known as the Neolithic. By about 2500 BC, more and much larger stones had been brought there, marking the start of over 800 years of building and alteration stretching into the Bronze Age.
