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'''Stonehenge'''<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of [[File:Stonehenge.png|thumb]]Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.</span> | '''Stonehenge'''<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of [[File:Stonehenge.png|thumb]]Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.</span> | ||
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Stonehenge
is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.
Archaeologists believe the iconic stone monument was constructed anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC, as described in the chronology below.
The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been
dated to about 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury Hengemonument. It is a national legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.[3][4]
Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge could possibly have served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.[5] The dating of cremated remains found on the site indicate that deposits contain human bone material from as early as 3000 BC, when the initial ditch and bank
were first dug. Such deposits continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years.
Stonehenge appears in Busters imagination of Bonnie. Where he is playing in the center of Stonehenge and a alien spacecraft visits him. Where an alien appears and the two plays the guitar and a thing a majic. In the episode Looking for Bonnie.
