Stonehenge
Stonehenge - Giant neolithic stone structure that tracks the solstices and served as burial ground.
Lith - Latin Prefix for Stone
Stonehenge is comprised of roughly 100 stones in total.
Erected 3,000 BC
Built using stone tools and antlers.
Most stones in Stonehenge have remained upright since they were erected.
During 3000 BC, ditches were built around Stonehenge with many pits.
These ditches were called Aubrey holes after John Aubrey, who discovered them in the 17th century.
During 2500 BC, the builders of Stonehenge added bluestones.
Out of the 80 starting bluestones, 43 still remain today.
Bluestones were transported from South Wales.
During 2000 BC, builders rearranged the blue-stones into a circle and added Sarsens and Lintels.
The Sarsens were brought from Marlborough, 25km north of Stonehenge.
Sarsens dig deep into the ground.
Stonehenge made of dense sandstone.
Stonehenge was built on chalk soil.
At the time, Stonehenge would have been white (The stones became darker over the years)
Lintels rounded off to shape a circle.
Stonehenge was on a slight slope. However, it is built so the top is level. The lintels are completely flat.
Stonehenge is aligned to Solar Calendar, and tracks solstices.
Winter Solstice is more important because days started to get longer.
Stonehenge may have been a religious monument, and also served as a burial ground.
Many people came and made their mark on Stonehenge.
Stonehenge may have never been completed.
Building Stonehenge may have been an effort around Europe.
This leads to evidence that there were trade and political similarities across Europe, even in the Stone Age.
People from all over Europe were brought to Salisbury Plain to take part in building Stonehenge.
Stonehenge - Giant neolithic stone structure that tracks the solstices and served as burial ground.
Lith - Latin Prefix for Stone
Stonehenge is comprised of roughly 100 stones in total.
Erected 3,000 BC
Built using stone tools and antlers.
Most stones in Stonehenge have remained upright since they were erected.
During 3000 BC, ditches were built around Stonehenge with many pits.
These ditches were called Aubrey holes after John Aubrey, who discovered them in the 17th century.
During 2500 BC, the builders of Stonehenge added bluestones.
Out of the 80 starting bluestones, 43 still remain today.
Bluestones were transported from South Wales.
During 2000 BC, builders rearranged the blue-stones into a circle and added Sarsens and Lintels.
The Sarsens were brought from Marlborough, 25km north of Stonehenge.
Sarsens dig deep into the ground.
Stonehenge made of dense sandstone.
Stonehenge was built on chalk soil.
At the time, Stonehenge would have been white (The stones became darker over the years)
Lintels rounded off to shape a circle.
Stonehenge was on a slight slope. However, it is built so the top is level. The lintels are completely flat.
Stonehenge is aligned to Solar Calendar, and tracks solstices.
Winter Solstice is more important because days started to get longer.
Stonehenge may have been a religious monument, and also served as a burial ground.
Many people came and made their mark on Stonehenge.
Stonehenge may have never been completed.
Building Stonehenge may have been an effort around Europe.
This leads to evidence that there were trade and political similarities across Europe, even in the Stone Age.
People from all over Europe were brought to Salisbury Plain to take part in building Stonehenge.
