Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months – uniting people in the process ...
The big stones at Stonehenge (sarsens) come from a few tens of miles away, but moving these 30-tonne monsters was no mean feat in Neolithic times. The smaller, exotic bluestones are a different story.
Henges made either of giant stone slabs or wood have been discovered ... Some of the building material was brought from miles away. The Stonehenge in Salisbury Plain, UK, for instance, was built ...
and erect these giant stones? Granted exclusive access to the dig site at Bluestonehenge, a prehistoric stone-circle monument recently discovered about a mile from Stonehenge, NOVA cameras join a ...
Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, and its giant stones can be seen from miles around. It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge.