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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salisbury. It is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones, known as megaliths. There is some debate about the age of the stone circle, but most archaeologists think that it was mainly constructed between 2500 BC and 2000 BC. The older circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute perhaps the earliest phase o ...

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Stonehenge - Theories about Stonehenge

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia II - Stonehenge - Development of Stonehenge The Stonehenge complex was built in several construction phases spanning 2,000 years, although there is evidence for activity both before and afterwards on the site. Dating and understanding the various phases of activity at Stonehenge is not a simple task; it is complicated by poorly-kept early excavation records, surprisingly few accurate scientific dates and the disturbance of the natural chalk by periglacial effects and animal burrowing. The modern phasing most generally agreed by archaeologists is detailed below. Features mention ...

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Solar deity - Missing sun

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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge

The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge has long been studied for its possible connections with ancient astronomy. Archaeoastronomers have claimed that Stonehenge represents an "ancient observatory," although the extent of its use for that purpose is in dispute. The recent discovery of a neighbour to the Heel Stone has challenged the interpretation of it as a midsummer sunrise marker and the second stone may have instead been one side of a 'solar corridor' used to frame the sunrise. Sun worship is certainly not an uncommon phenomenon a ...

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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Altar stone Stonehenge

The Altar stone is a central megalith at Stonehenge in England, dating to Stonehnege phase 3i, around 2600 BC. It is made of green micaceous sandstone and originated from a quarry in Wales. It weighs six-tons and would have been twice the height of the bluestones at the site. Now recumbent, it may have stood as a single large monolith Other related archivesEngland, Stonehenge, Wales, bluestones, megalith, sandstone

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Bluestone

Bluestone is the name given to a form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken. Bluestone - Stonehenge. The bluestones at Stonehenge were placed there during the third phase of construction at Stonehenge around 2600 BC. There are about 80 of them and they weigh about 4 tons each. They are believed to have been brought from the Preseli Hills, about 250 miles away in Wales. Generally speaking, the term 'Bluestone' is a quarrymans name for a whole variety of rock types and is stictly n ...

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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Christopher Chippindale

Christopher Chippindale is a British archaeologist, most well-known for his work on Stonehenge. He is Reader in Archaeology and Curator for British Collections at the Cambridge University Museum of archaeology and Anthropology. His publications include: "Stonehenge Complete" (Thames and Hudson, London, 2004) "(with others) "Who owns Stonehenge? (London, Batsford 1990) Other related archivesBritish, Cambridge University, Stonehenge, archaeologist

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - America's Stonehenge

America's Stonehenge, once known as Mystery Hill, is the site of a number of large rocks and stone formations scattered around roughly 30 acres (120,000 m²) in the town of Salem, New Hampshire, in the northeast United States. The site has become a popular tourist attraction, with appeal to believers in New Age systems. Some say the site could be an astronomical observatory built by some unknown, pre-Columbian civilization. They argue that some stones are encased in trees that may have sprouted before the arr ...

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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - A303 road

The A303 is a trunk road in England. The A303 is the main road between Basingstoke in Hampshire and Honiton in Devon. The M3, A30 and A303 make up the main route from London to South West England, running from London to Land's End in Cornwall. The A303 is almost continuously dual carriageway, except at Stonehenge and Chicklade in Wiltshire, and the Blackdown Hills in Somerset. In 2003 the Secretary of State for Transport announced major road widening schemes, including to the A303, which would include a tunnel at Stonehenge (below). As of 2005, however, the Highways Agency state that ...

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Woodhenge

This article concerns Woodhenge in England. For the Woodhenge in North America, see Cahokia. Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle monument located to the North of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, and it is closer to Amesbury than is Stonehenge. Before seeing Woodhenge, visitors to the area sometimes anticipate that it might partly resemble Stonehenge. But there is actually little of the original structure easily apparent. Indeed, the site was not identified until 1922, after an aerial archaeology survey undertaken by Alexander Keiller and OGS Crawford. Maud Cunn ...

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Amesbury Archer

Amesbury Archer (dubbed the "King of Stonehenge" in the British press though there is no specific connection to the famous site) is an early Bronze Age man dating to around 2300 BC, with about a 200-year margin of error, whose grave was discovered in May 2002, at Amesbury near Stonehenge. His grave is of particular importance because of the rich valuables that betoken high status, a concept not evinced in egalitarian Neolithic graves, where no graves are notably richer than others, and because of its early connections with Continental ...

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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Church of the Universal Bond

The Church of the Universal Bond was a religious group founded in Britain in the early twentieth century by George W MacGregor Reid, promoting socialist revolution, anti-imperialism and sun worship. Initially aligned with Zoroastrianism, by 1912, Reid was becoming more attracted to Druidry, especially as Stonehenge was at the time being seen as a solar temple. His church began holding rituals there and their worship was ...

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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Carhenge

Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the town of Alliance, Nebraska, in the American midwest. Instead of being made from stones, Carhenge is constructed of vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at summer (June) solstice 1987. Thirty-eight automobiles were used in a circle measuring about 96 feet in diameter. Some autos are held upright in pits five feet deep, trunk end down, while arches have been formed by welding cars atop the supporting autos. The heel stone is a 1962 Cadillac. Carhenge replicates Stonehenge's current "tumble-dow ...

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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - William Hawley

Colonel William Hawley (1861–1941) was a British archaeologist who most famously undertook pioneering excavations at Stonehenge. The work was carried out between 1919 and 1926 largely by Hawley working alone although at other times assisted by Robert Newall and a draughtsman from the Office of Works to record his work. The weather and the confusing stratigraphy of this site made work difficult but Hawley was able to make numerous breakth ...

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Trilithon

. A trilithon (or trilith) is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top. Commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments the most famous trilithons are those at Stonehenge and those found in the Prehistoric temples in Malta, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The word trilithon is derived from the Greek 'having three stones'. (Tri

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Aubrey holes

The Aubrey holes are a ring of 56 pits at Stonehenge named after the seventeenth century antiquarian, John Aubrey. They date to the earliest phases of Stonehenge in the late fourth and early third millennium BC. Despite decades of argument and analysis, their purpose is still unknown although an astronomical role has often been suggested. Whilst visiting the monument in 1666, Aubrey noticed five circular cavities in the ground and noted them in his records. These features were ignored or not seen by the later antiquarians to in ...

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Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. Astronomy, astrology, climatology, geology, meteorology and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Historically, observatories were as simple as containing a sextant (for measuring the distance between stars) or Stonehenge (which has some alignments on astronomical phenomena). Modern astronomical observatories typically contain one or more permanently mounted telescopes contained in buildings with a rota ...

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Bedd Arthur

Bedd Arthur or Arthur's Grave is a possible prehistoric hengiform monument megalithic site in the Preseli Hills in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. It sits on top of the Preseli ridge and overlooks the rocky outcrop of Carn Menyn, a site that has been suggested as a source for the bluestones used at Stonehenge. It consists of a barely visible circular bank and ditch, with thirteen standing stones, none higher than 0.6m arranged inside along with two further fallen stones. The stone layout measures around 20m by 10m. Th ...

Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Ancient Order of Druids

The Ancient Order of Druids was founded in England in 1781 as a secret society, rather similar to the Freemasons. By the early twentieth century it had become a more open, general society with aims "convivial, fraternal and philanthropic". The group was the first to practise rituals at Stonehenge in the historic period and adopted the site for ordination of its members on 25th August 1905 when around 700 modern druids gathered at the monument to take oaths and welcome new acolytes. Later, the group shared the sit ...