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| Stonehenge |
One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stonehenge ⭐is regarded as a British cultural icon. The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986.[1]
Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. Archaeologists believe that Stonehenge was constructed from around 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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How Stonehenge Was Built?
About 500 years after the enclosure was built, enormous sarsen stones were raised in a horseshoe and a circle, with smaller bluestones placed between them. The stones were aligned on the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset.[3]
The first stones to be erected were the five trilithons of the inner horseshoe. Trilithon is the term for two upright stones capped by a horizontal stone, or lintel. A ring of 30 sarsen uprights, linked by a continuous circle of lintels, was built around the horseshoe.
Between the sarsens, excavations have revealed a partial circuit of holes, where the bluestones were placed in a double arc. Six of the bluestones found on site have distinctive shapes, with grooves and holes showing that they once fitted together into trilithons and other structures. These might have stood within this double arc, or formed part of a previous arrangement.
Four sarsens, today known as the Station Stones, were placed around the edge of the enclosure. Others were erected in the entrance, including the Heel Stone and the now fallen Slaughter Stone. Two circular features marked by ditches, called the North and South 'Barrows', may have been built at this date, or possibly earlier.
Photo Gallery
The below photos were taken on 12/30/2022, a rainy and windy day.
Exhibition
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| Meteor over Stonehenge (from Internet) |
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