Stonehenge is a massive stone monument located on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It was built between 5,000 and 4,000 years ago and has evolved over 10,000 years. The site contains two types of stones - larger sarsen stones that weigh up to 25 tons each and were brought from nearby, and smaller bluestones that were transported from Wales over 140 miles away. Stonehenge and its surroundings have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986 due to its archaeological and historical significance.

1. STONEHENGE
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AR. Rakesh Kumar
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2. LOCATION OF STONEHENGE
 Stonehenge is a massive stone located on
wiltshire,England......
 Research shows that the site has
continuously evolved over a period of about
10,000 years.....
 The stonehenge was built roughly 5,000 and
4,000 years ago......
 Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument.
 the site and its surroundings were added to
UNESCO’S list of WORLD HERITAGE SITES
in 1986......
 source – christopher young,amanda chadburn ,isabelle bedu (july 2008)

3. AERIAL VIEW OF
STONEHENGE

4. ABOUT STONES OF STONEHENGE
 Two types of stone are used at stonehenge :
 The larger sarsens
 The smaller bluestone
 There are near about 83 stones in stonehenge
 The biggest of stonehenge’s stones,known as
sarsens,are upto 30 feet (9 meters) tall and weight 25
tons on average.it is widely believed that they were
brought from marlborough downs,a distance of 32
KM to the north.smaller stones,referred to as
‘bluestone’(they have a bluish tinge when wet or
freshly broken),weigh up 4 tons and come from
several different sites in western wales having been
transported as far as 140 miles(225 km).....

5. ABOUT STONES OF STONEHENGE
 At that time we can’t know peoperly how people in
antiquity moved them that far.Scientists have raised
the possibility that during the last ice age glaciers
carried these bluestones closer to stonehenge area
and the monument’s makers didn’t have to move them
all the way from wales.

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