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Mortise and tenon joint.
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The builders of Stonehenge used a principle of construction called?
They used mortise and tenons to locate the lintels on the trilithons.
Does Stonehenge have 12 stones?
Stonehenge has two Heelstones (one is now missing), two "Slaughter Stones," four Station Stones, 30 outer ring uprights, 30 lintels, five Trilithon uprights, five Trilithon Lintels, one Altar stone and a lot of bluestones (total there are 79 major stones, mostly 'sarsen' and 80 or so bluestones). In other words, Stonehenge has a lot more than 12 stones!
Why is Stonehenge unique?
There are many stone circles in Britain and indeed in the rest of the world. There are also quite a lot of henged circles but Stonehenge is the only henged circle which has lintels placed horizontally across the tops of some of the stones. This combined with the huge size of the stones makes it unique.
What is a common use of level beams?
Lintels
Prehistoric English site of tall huge stone slabs is?
stonehenge
Why is Stonehenge named Stonehenge?
The Oxford English Dictionary cites Ælfric's 10th-century glossary, in which henge-cliff is given the meaning "precipice", a hanging or supported stone, thus the stanenges or Stanheng "not far from Salisbury" recorded by 11th-century writers are "supported stones". William Stukeley in 1740 notes, "Pendulous rocks are now called henges in Yorkshire...I doubt not, Stonehenge in Saxon signifies the hanging stones. Christopher Chippindale's Stonehenge Complete gives the derivation of the name Stonehenge as coming from the Old English words stān meaning "stone", and either hencgmeaning "hinge" (because the stone lintels hinge on the upright stones) or hen(c)en meaning "hang" or "gallows" or "instrument of torture". Like Stonehenge's trilithons, medieval gallows consisted of two uprights with a lintel joining them, rather than the inverted L-shape more familiar today.The "henge" portion has given its name to a class of monuments known as henges. Archaeologists define henges as earthworks consisting of a circular banked enclosure with an internal ditch. As often happens in archaeological terminology, this is a holdover from antiquarian usage, and Stonehenge is not truly a henge site as its bank is inside its ditch. Despite being contemporary with true Neolithic henges and stone circles, Stonehenge is in many ways atypical - for example, at over 24 feet (7.3 m) tall, its extant trilithons supporting lintels held in place with mortise and tenon joints, make it unique.
What is there to do in Stonehenge?
Stonehenge is in the country, but there is a guided audio tour and a giftshop on the Stonehenge site.
What can you do at Stonehenge?
Stonehenge is in the country, but there is a guided audio tour and a giftshop on the Stonehenge site.
Is Stonehenge in Ireland?
No. Stonehenge is in Wiltshire, England.
Are weep holes required at lintels in brick masonry wall?
drainage
This ancient observatory is located on a desolate plain in England is?
it's Stonehenge !!! :)
Is Stonehenge still there?
yes Stonehenge is still there in England
