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Arbor Low Location near Middleton-by-Youlgreave and Bakewell Region Derbyshire, England Coordinates 53°10′08″N 01°45′42″W / 53.16889°N 1.76167°W / 53.16889; -1.76167 Type Henge monument Scheduled monument Official name Arbor Low henge, large irregular stone circle, linear bank and bowl barrow Designated 18 August 1882 Reference no. 1011087 Arbor Low is a well-preserved ...
The Coldrum Long Barrow, also known as the Coldrum Stones and the Adscombe Stones, is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Trottiscliffe in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE , during Britain's Early Neolithic period , today it survives only in a state of ruin .
These stones were called "sterrenstenen" (star stones) because people believed they had fallen from the sky like meteorites or shooting stars. [ 1 ] In the 20th century, seminary students from the mission house Emmaus , located on the edge of the forest, collected a large number of these stones from the Vijlenerbos and Elzetterbos and brought ...
Monolith with bull, fox, and crane in low relief at Göbekli Tepe. The density of most stone is between 2 and 3 tons per cubic meter. Basalt weighs about 2.8 to 3.0 tons per cubic meter; granite averages about 2.75 metric tons per cubic meter; limestone, 2.7 metric tons per cubic meter; sandstone or marble, 2.5 tons per cubic meter.
Their ornamentations present a rich array of pictures: ships with checkered sails and scenes with figures in different fields. [1] [2] The borders are often decorated with various plaited patterns. [1] Many scenes show sacrifices and battles, [3] and a common scene on the stones is a man, riding a horse, welcomed by a woman holding a drinking horn.
Positioned on Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, is the Charging Bull Statue, also called the Bull of Wall Street. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture is 11 feet high and 16 feet long.
Many interpretations prefer an astronomical explanation for the purpose of the holes although this is by no means proved. It was formerly thought that when the Aubrey holes were first dug, the only standing feature at Stonehenge was the Heelstone, which marked the point of the midsummer sunrise, viewed from the centre of the henge.
The Rolling Stones and the Ozarks don't seem like the most natural pairing. But nature itself, and of all things fishing, have brought them together. The Stones announced Thursday that they will end their summer Hackney Diamonds Tour on July 21 at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena, a brand new monument to mountain beauty in Missouri built by Bass Pro ...