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The Stonehenge School is a mixed comprehensive school in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England for children aged 11 to 16. As of December 2022, the school had 940 places and 969 students were enrolled. [1] The school's logo is an image of Stonehenge. It is divided into a Lower school, Middle school and Upper school.
Amesbury (/ ˈ eɪ m z b ər i /) is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settled around 8820 BC. [2]
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 ...
A light military railway line was built from the established Amesbury–Bulford line, to carry troops to Larkhill and on to Stonehenge Aerodrome [8] and Lake Down (near Berwick St James). [9] After the war, the garrison became an artillery domain and in 1919 the Royal School of Artillery was established there. [7]
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Stonehenge, 1931. Its name originates from when the area was a stopping point for bullock teams. A stone hut used by the bullock drivers to overnight in eventually fell into disuse, and the stone remains became known as "Stonehenge". [4] The Stonehenge State School opened on 3 September 1900. The school closed in 1947 but subsequently reopened.
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The Stonehenge Cursus (sometimes known as the Greater Cursus) is a large Neolithic cursus monument on Salisbury plain, near to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. It is roughly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long and between 100 metres (330 ft) and 150 metres (490 ft) wide.