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    Visiting Stonehenge.
    Visiting Stonehenge.
    Visiting Stonehenge.
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    Visiting Stonehenge.

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    Visiting Stonehenge. A book for those visiting Stonehenge in Wiltshire, includes History and facts about the Ancient Monument.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKerry Butters
    Release dateOct 27, 2017
    ISBN9781370048472
    Visiting Stonehenge.
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    Kerry Butters

    Kerry lives in Newcastle Under Lyme in Stoke on Trent- England, with his two dogs Molly and Tasha. He likes reading and writing books about ghosts and American ghost towns, History and real life events, he also likes taking pictures and making videos.Receive notifications of his new releases! Simply visit his profile page at Smashwords and click the button labeled "Subscribe to Author Alerts". When he releases a new book, you will receive an alert, and click the favorite button. Thanks.

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      Visiting Stonehenge. - Kerry Butters

      Visiting Stonehenge

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      Kerry Butters

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Etymology

      Early history

      Before the monument (8000 BC forward)

      Stonehenge 1 (ca. 3100 BC)

      Stonehenge 2 (ca. 3000 BC)

      Stonehenge 3 I (ca. 2,600 BC)

      Stonehenge 3 II (2600 BC to 2400 BC)

      Stonehenge 3 III (2400 BC to 2280 BC)

      Stonehenge 3 IV (2280 BC to 1930 BC)

      Stonehenge 3 V (1930 BC to 1600 BC)

      After the monument (1600 BC on)

      Function and construction

      Heel Stone, Friar’s Heel, or Sun-Stone

      Arthurian legend

      Sixteenth century to present

      Neopaganism

      Setting and access

      The visitors centre at Stonehenge

      Stonehenge Roundtable Access

      1600–1900

      1900–2000

      2000s

      Introduction

      Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 ft (4.1 metres) high, 6 ft 11 in (2.1 metres) 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.

      Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.

      One of the most famous landmarks in the UK, Stonehenge is regarded as a British cultural icon. It has been a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1882 when legislation to protect historic monuments was first successfully introduced in Britain. The

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