STONE HENGE: is a prehistoric monument located in Whit shire, England about 2 miles (3 km) west of

Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most. Famous sites in the world,
Stonehenge are the remains of standing stones ser within earth Works. It is in the middle of the most
dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monument in England, in chiding several hundred burial
mounds.

The blue stones are dolerite or hyalites and are so called because when wet with rainwater acquire a bluish hue.
They weigh between 3 and 6 tons. Each comes from South Wales. Princely they extracted in Montes and carried
overland to Milford Haven harbor where they were loaded onto barges and crossed the Bristol Channel; they
were landed in Christchurch and were returned about 70 km. Overland to Stonehenge. The total distance is
more than 300 kms between terrestrial and maritime routes.

Stonehenge was part of a much larger ceremonial complex, including stone circles and avenues ceremonial
wooden
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