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STONEHENGE IS A PREHISTORIC MONUMENT IN 
WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2 MILES (3 KM) WEST OF 
AMESBURY. IT CONSISTS OF A RING OF 
STANDING STONES, WITH EACH STANDING STONE
AROUND 13 FEET (4.0 M) HIGH, 7 FEET (2.1 M) WIDE
AND WEIGHING AROUND 25 TONS. THE STONES
ARE SET WITHIN EARTHWORKS IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE MOST DENSE COMPLEX OF NEOLITHIC AND 
BRONZE AGE MONUMENTS IN ENGLAND,
INCLUDING SEVERAL HUNDRED BURIAL MOUNDS.
BUILT IN SEVERAL STAGES, STONEHENGE
BEGAN ABOUT 5,000 YEARS AGO AS A SIMPLE
EARTHWORK ENCLOSURE WHERE PREHISTORIC
PEOPLE BURIED THEIR CREMATED DEAD. THE
STONE CIRCLE WAS ERECTED IN THE CENTRE OF
THE MONUMENT IN THE LATE NEOLITHIC
PERIOD, AROUND 2500 BC.

TWO TYPES OF STONE ARE USED AT

STONEHENGE: THE LARGER SARSENS, AND THE
SMALLER BLUESTONES
STONEHENGE
NEAREST TOWN: AMESBURY
COUNTY: WILTSHIRE
COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM
51N10.712′ LAT.
1W49.516’ LONG.
ELEVATION: 331 FT.
HEEL STONE", "FRIAR’S HEEL", OR "SUN-
STONE"

 The Heel Stone lies northeast of the sarsen circle, beside the end portion of Stonehenge
Avenue. It is a rough stone, 16 feet (4.9 m) above ground, leaning inwards towards the stone
circle. It has been known by many names in the past, including "Friar's Heel" and "Sun-stone"
ALTAR STONE
 The Altar Stone is a recumbent central megalith at Stonehenge in England, dating to
Stonehenge phase 3i, around 2600 BC. It is made of a purplish-green micaceous sandstone
 and is thought to have originated from outcrops of the Senni Bedsformation of the 
Old Red Sandstone in Wales, though this is currently in debate.
KNOWN AS SARSENS, ARE UP TO 30 FEET (9
METERS) TALL AND WEIGH 25 TONS (22.6 METRIC
TONS) ON AVERAGE. IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED
THAT THEY WERE BROUGHT FROM
MARLBOROUGH DOWNS, A DISTANCE OF 20
MILES (32 KILOMETERS) TO THE NORTH. 
SMALLER STONES, REFERRED TO AS
"BLUESTONES" (THEY HAVE A BLUISH TINGE
WHEN WET OR FRESHLY BROKEN), WEIGH UP TO
4 TONS AND COME FROM 
SEVERAL DIFFERENT SITES IN WESTERN WALES,
HAVING BEEN TRANSPORTED AS FAR AS 140
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