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Sep 18, 2024 · A century later William Stukeley surveyed Stonehenge and its surrounding monuments, but it was not until 1874–77 that Flinders Petrie made the first accurate plan of the stones. In 1877 Charles Darwin dug two holes in Stonehenge to investigate the earth-moving capabilities of earthworms.
The Stonehenge World Heritage Site is famous throughout the world and is one of the most important prehistoric landscapes in Europe. Today this landscape is split in two by a major road - the A303 - which acts as a barrier to people enjoying, exploring and understanding the World Heritage Site.
Read about Stonehenge and the ongoing efforts to understand who built it and why.
Jun 1, 2010 · Stonehenge is a prehistoric display of dozens of massive stones in a circular layout. Historians have puzzled over the many mysteries of the English monument.
In the Iron Age, probably about 700 BC, a major hillfort later known as Vespasian’s Camp was constructed 1¼ miles east of Stonehenge overlooking the river Avon. Stonehenge appears to have been frequently visited in the Roman period (from AD 43), since many Roman objects have been found there.
Dec 7, 2021 · Stonehenge stands not for a landscape, region or even country, but for the generations of people who have made meaning from an enduring place in a changing world. Our exhibition The world of Stonehenge ran from 17 February to 17 July 2022, setting the great monument in context and bringing together exceptional objects that shed new ...
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The most venerable and polished of the tour-and-activity sites. - BBC
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