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Stonehenge
The monument attests to long-distance connections and collective labour in prehistoric Britain. It is also an important example of changing approaches to archaeological heritage and contemporary ritual meaning.
Photo: garethwiscombe · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Facts
- Place
- Amesbury, United Kingdom
- Civilisation / patron
- Neolithic and Bronze Age communities of southern Britain
- Built
- c. 3000 BCE – 1600 BCE
- Status
- Ruins
- UNESCO World Heritage since
- 1986
- Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages
- UNESCO World Heritage
History
Stonehenge developed in several phases, beginning as an enclosed site with burials and later large stone circles. Massive sarsen stones with lintels were combined with smaller bluestones, many brought from Wales. The arrangement is connected with the sun’s position around the solstices, although its full ritual significance remains under study. Only part of the original arrangement still stands, and some stones were re-erected in modern times.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Stonehenge