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  2. Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury.It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones, held in place with mortise and tenon joints, a feature unique among ...

  3. Durrington Walls - Wikipedia

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    Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury in Wiltshire.

  4. Y and Z Holes - Wikipedia

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    A plan of the Y and Z Hole circuits at Stonehenge in relation to the central stone structure. The Y and Z Holes are two rings of concentric (though irregular) circuits of 30 and 29 near-identical pits cut around the outside of the Sarsen Circle at Stonehenge. The current view is that both circuits are contemporary.

  5. Station Stones - Wikipedia

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    The Station Stones are elements of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge. Originally there were four stones, resembling the four corners of a rectangle that straddles the inner sarsen circle, set just inside Stonehenge's surrounding bank. Two stood on earth mounds at opposing corners, one corner broadly in the north of the site and one in the ...

  6. This tiny Washington town has a full-size Stonehenge replica ...

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    The Stonehenge replica and Klickitat County Veterans Memorial are open to the public for free visits every day between 7 a.m. and dusk. Today, the replica offers stunning views at morning and night.

  7. Altar Stone (Stonehenge) - Wikipedia

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    Map of Stonehenge monument and numbered plan of individual stones. The Altar Stone is made of a purplish-green micaceous sandstone and was thought to have originated from outcrops of the Senni Beds formation of the Old Red Sandstone in Wales, though this has not been fully established.

  8. File:Stonehenge Closeup.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. File:Stonehenge by Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1876 - Nelson ...

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    Landscape mode (for landscape photos with the background in focus) Exif version: 2.21: Date and time of digitizing: 21:25, 4 November 2011: Meaning of each component: Y; Cb; Cr; does not exist; Image compression mode: 4: Exposure bias: 0: Maximum land aperture: 3.625 APEX (f/3.51) Metering mode: Pattern: Light source: Unknown: Flash: Flash did ...