Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. Stonehenge's ring of standing 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.
Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. Deposits containing human bone date from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug, and continued for at least another five hundred years.The gigantic
stones may have come from a quarry,
around 25 miles (40 kilometers) north
of Stonehenge on the Marlborough Downs.
It is not known for certain what purpose
Stonehenge served, but many scholars
believe the monument was used as
a ceremonial or religious center.
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| Area around Stonehenge 6 km |
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| People gathering now a days |
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| Picnic at old days |
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| Stonehenge restoration program |
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| Stonehenge restoration program |
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