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Is the Stonehenge sculpture made out of natural materials?
Stonehenge is made from sarsen and bluestones. Bluestones was regarded as magical stones and forms the inner circle of Stonehenge. The sarsen stones are the very large ones on the outside of the circle. See the link below for more information.
Where did get the rocks for the Stonehenge?
Some 82 bluestones from the Preseli mountains, in south-west Wales were transported to the site.
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 are Stonehenge stones found so far away?
The bluestones of Stonehenge are thought to have come from what is now Pembrokeshire, 250 km (16 miles) away. It was thought that men had moved them. Another theory which is gaining support is that they were brought by the Irish Sea Glacier.
How many stones does Stonhenge have?
Stonehenge is made up of an estimated 80-82 stones, consisting of large Sarsen stones, smaller Bluestones, and other stones in various formations.
What period was Stonehenge created?
Radiocarbon dating suggested that the first stones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, whilst another theory suggests that bluestones may have been raised at the site as early as 3000 BC
How many visitors to the Stonehenge each year?
I would love to tell you and so would hundreds of historians, but I can't and neither can they. It was probably a large number because those massive stones were lifted or somehow transported without the use of the wheel!
How far was the Stonehenge moved?
There is only one famous Stonehenge in Britain. The sarsen stones (the big ones) were brought up to 20 miles from other parts of Salisbury Plain. The bluestones were brought from Prescelly, in the far west of Wales, aqbout 160 miles in a straight line. Nobody knows the route they used, the stones may have been brought around the coast by sea, then up the River Avon. (NB not the Avon associated with Shakespeare). Look it up on a map to see the sort of journay the must have had - Stonehenge is just north of Salisbury, Prescelly is near Fishguard and St Davids.
Prehistoric English site of tall huge stone slabs is?
stonehenge
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.
No one knows who created Stonehenge in Britain some of the huge rocks were moved from nearly how much miles away to complete it?
We don't know how far the stones were moved, not the huge sandstone (sarsen) megaliths that is; they probably came from the locality, no more than a few tens of kilometres to the north. The smaller 'bluestones' are Welsh and were moved over 200 km.
