🪨 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites: Stonehenge and Associated Monuments
Neolithic and Bronze Age stone circle on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, circa 3000–2000 BCE
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
- Construction period: 3000–2000 BCE, multiple phases
- Sarsen stones: up to 25 tons each, transported 20 miles
- UNESCO inscription: 1986
Stonehenge is a prehistoric stone monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire that consists of concentric rings of standing stones arranged with deliberate astronomical and geometric precision. Built in multiple phases between 3000 and 2000 BCE, the site represents a major feat of Neolithic and Bronze Age logistical and technical achievement. Stonehenge was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, recognised as an exceptional testimony to the sophistication of prehistoric European ...