Stonehenge

Stonehenge was built in Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England between 3000 and 1500 BC. No one is really sure why it was built or what group used it but theories abound that state Stonehenge may have been a Celtic temple or used by Druid societies.

im not sure but predict 4, 250 years ago

Approx. 8 miles from Salisbury Plain.

At Stonehenge human remains were found as well as tools used to help constructing the henge.

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It is not in London Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge is being weathered by acid rain. Acid rain is pollution that is mixed with the air. When it rains the pollution rains down causing damage over time to structures and plants and animals.

people dont have a very bad impact on stonehenge

The Stonehenge visitor centre is the closest public access to Stonehenge.

No, its 77 miles away from London on the Salisbury plain.

No, they are burial mounds :)

Around 94m - on the inner face of the circle. Note that this inner face is what was set out by the prehistoric surveyors. The circumference of the surrounding ditch circuit is around 335m.

Windsor Castle is probably the most famous castle in modern times.

Ordinarily visitors can't get closer than about 7m as they are kept on a roped-off path around the monument.

However, it is possible to arrange Stone Circle Access visits by pre-booking with English Heritage via the form listed at the Related Link attached to this answer.

Stone Circle Access visits last for an hour, either before or after regular opening hours, and cost around £15 per person (there are discounts for English Heritage members). A maximum of 26 people are allowed in for each hour's visit, but you don't have to bring a whole group of 26 people yourself - if there are only a couple of you, you may find you're in with another small group or you might (if you're lucky) have picked a slot where you're the only ones there.

Be aware that these Stone Circle Access visits are booked up months in advance.

There are four more opportunities to get inside the Stone Circle itself during the year - on the dawns of the Solstices and Equinoxes.

These events are called "Managed Open Access" and the famous one is the Summer Solstice where the monument is completely open from 7pm on the night before solstice to about 10am on the morning of it. On June 20th/21st 2009, about 35,000 people attended.

It's important that you always check the exact dates of the Managed Open Accesses in advance of attending, because the access dates are not guaranteed to be the same as those listed in any particular diary for "Vernal Equinox", "Summer Solstice", "Autumnal Equinox" and "Winter Solstice". It's largely due to the way the different calendar that is used by the pagan community works, with days running from dusk to dusk rather than midnight to midnight.

For example, in 2010 the instant of astronomical Winter Solstice is/was at 23:38 UTC (~GMT, UK time) on the 21st December, but the Managed Open Access is/was on the dawn of the 22nd December. So although a diary will say that the 21st is the Winter Solstice, the access is/was scheduled for the following morning's dawn in that year.

Please also be aware that if weather conditions are such that the monument area is waterlogged after heavy rain or treacherously slippy due to ice or snow, then access to the Stone Circle may not be possible either for booked Stone Circle Access visits or at Managed Open Access events. This is because the buried archaeology of the site is close to the surface beneath the very thin chalk soil and is easily susceptible to damage.

because it did

Well, this is a very vauge question. stone henge lines up with the rising sun at the summer solstaice and the setting sun on the winter solstaise. aside from that it doesn't have any other known "science" behind it, unless you mean the forces that it tolk to make it or the types of rocks in it. there are people who belive that it is used to communicate with aliens or other things like that but it has never been proven to be true.

There is mathematics behind it's design however, in the form of geometry.

Both Stonehenge and the Avebury Stone Circle are in the UK county of Wiltshire. Avebury is located near the village of the same name, quite near Marlborough in the north of the county; Stonehenge is just off the A344 at Amesbury, further south.

The distance between them by road is 30.8 miles. As the crow flies, it is 27.4 miles.

Nothing really, it was there long before the Romans ever came to Britain.

No one is 100% sure, as no one signed their work. There is one group of people (Druids) from hundreds of years ago who have been speculated to have built it. Stonehenge was actually constructed in several different sections (a ring at a time) over a period of years!

Stonehenge is probably the most important prehistoric monument in the

whole of Britain and has attracted visitors from earliest times. It stands as a timeless monument to the people who built it. The stonehenge that we see today is the final stage that was completed about 3500 years ago

There were no written records left by the people who built Stonehenge. Therefore the exact tools used to construct it, are unknown. Many believe that anachronistic and supernatural methods were used to build the structures.

Stonehenge has never actually been discovered because it was never lost. Since it was built people have always known were it was, even the Romans knew of its existence. The only real mystery is that knowbody can be absolutely certain why it was built and what its indended purpose was.

Obviously different people think different things about Stonehenge. Some people think it was an astonomical calendar, others a ritual/religious site and yet others think it was a UFO landing site. There is no absolute proof of what its original purpose was so you make up your own mind or just keep an open mind, its your choice.