
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK
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N 51° 10.794 W 001° 49.643
30U E 581962 N 5670484
Probably the most well known of the stone circles
Waymark Code: WM2QDG
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/07/2007
Views: 126
Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. Archaeologists believe that the standing stones were erected around 2200 BC and the surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC.
Type: Stone Circle
 Parking: N 51° 10.796 W 001° 49.641
 Number: 60.00
 Size: All uncovered parking. Spaces available for cars and coaches with approximately 200 car parking spaces.
 Source: The blue stones were brought in from Wales.
 Purpose: Religious Celebration

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