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1. www.english-heritage.org.uk › visit › placesSignificance of Stonehenge | English Heritage

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   Significance of Stonehenge. Stonehenge is the world’s best-known ancient stone circle, lying at the heart of one of the richest archaeological landscapes in Europe. Built around the same time as the Great Pyramid in Egypt, 4,500 years ago, the finished monument of massive and finely dressed sarsen stone was unlike anything ever seen across ...

2. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-wiltshire-53580339Stonehenge: Sarsen stones origin mystery solved - BBC

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   Jul 29, 2020 · The origin of the giant sarsen stones at Stonehenge has finally been discovered with the help of a missing piece of the site which was returned after 60 years. A test of the metre-long core was ...

3. www.english-heritage.org.uk › visit › placesHistory and Stories: Stonehenge | English Heritage

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   Work began on Stonehenge about 5,000 years ago, but it was built in stages over many years. The stone circle dates from about 2500 BC, in the late Neolithic period. We don’t know exactly how the stones were brought to Stonehenge, but some of them – the bluestones – came from the Preseli Hills in south-west Wales, over 150 miles (250km) away.

4. www.worldhistory.org › stonehengeStonehenge - World History Encyclopedia

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   Dec 14, 2010 · Stonehenge is a Neolithic / Bronze Age monument located on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, southern England.The first monument on the site, began around 3100 BCE, was a circular 'henge' earthwork about 360 feet (110 metres) in diameter, a 'henge' in the archaeological sense being a circular or oval-shaped flat area enclosed by a boundary earthwork.

5. cs.wikipedia.org › wiki › StonehengeStonehenge – Wikipedie

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   Stonehenge je největším britským monumentem a nejznámějším pozůstatkem doby bronzové. Léta byl považován za chrám Slunce, astronomický kalendář nebo za svatyni mrtvých předků. Teorií existuje řada, včetně té, že Stonehenge byl místem pro uctívání druidů, což jsou keltští kněží.

6. www.khanacademy.org › a › stonehengeStonehenge (article) | Khan Academy

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   Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, c. 2550–1600 B.C.E., circle 97 feet in diameter, trilithons: 24 feet high (photo: Maedin Tureaud, CC BY-SA 3.0) Stonehenge, on Salisbury plain in England, is one of the most recognizable monuments of the Neolithic world and one of the most popular, with over one million visitors a year.

7. www.britannica.com › topic › StonehengeStonehenge - 1st-2nd Stages, Aubrey Holes, Sarsen Stones,...

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   3 days ago · Second stage: 2640–2480 bce. Stonehenge. Trilithons of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England. Except for human burials, there is no evidence of activity between Stonehenge’s first and second stages of construction. About 2500 bce the sarsen stones were brought from the Avebury area of the Marlborough Downs, about 20 miles (32 km) to the north.