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Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury.It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones, held in place with mortise and tenon joints, a feature unique among ...
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Unfortunately, because of an extremely heavy administrative burden arising from service on many committees throughout his career, including a period as Deputy Principal of University College, Cardiff, Atkinson's written reports of the excavations at Stonehenge were not complete before serious illness, mainly caused by overwork, forced total ...
In 2007 he published Stonehenge: The Story So Far. [3] Other works include Stonehenge: A History in Photographs [4] (2004) and the children's book The Amazing Pop-up Stonehenge [5] (2005). Richards lives with his family in Shaftesbury, Dorset, where he maintains his special interest in the prehistory of Wessex and particularly Stonehenge.
Articles relating to the monument of Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury.The whole monument, now ruinous, is aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice.
John Aubrey FRS (12 March 1626 – 7 June 1697) was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer. He was a pioneer archaeologist, who recorded (often for the first time) numerous megalithic and other field monuments in southern England, and who is particularly noted for his systematic examination of the Avebury henge monument.
Herbert Henry Thomas FRS [1] (13 March 1876 - 12 May 1935 ) was a British geologist who linked the bluestones at Stonehenge with rocks in south west Wales. He won the Murchison Medal . Early life and education