Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, California. 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous places in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a large circular stone earthworkssurrounding. In the middle of the densest of complex Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in Britain, including hundreds of burial mounds.

Archaeologists believe that a memorial plaque was erected around 2500 BC, the history described below. In recent theory, however, suggests that the first stones are not up to 2400-2200 BC, while other blue stones suggests it may have on the site in 3000 BC (see Section 1 of this below).

The bank and surrounding land of a circular ditch, which constitute the first phase of the monument has been dated around 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to the list of World Heritage sites by UNESCO in 1986 a monument to the joint announcements with Avebury Henge. He is a foreigner legally protected Scheduled Historic Monument. Stonehenge is the property of the Crown and administered by English Heritage while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.

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