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The Maryhill Stonehenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located in Maryhill, Washington, United States. It was commissioned in the early 20th century by the wealthy entrepreneur Sam Hill , and dedicated on July 4, 1918 as a memorial to the people who had died in World War I .
Some of the rocks at America's Stonehenge. 42°50′35″N 71°12′25″W / 42.84306°N 71.20694°W / 42.84306; -71.20694 America's Stonehenge is a privately owned tourist attraction and archaeological site consisting of a number of large rocks and stone structures scattered around roughly 30 acres (12 hectares ) within the town of ...
Carhenge. Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, [1] Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint.
A full size replica of Stonehenge — as it would appear if newly created — is located near the Maryhill Art Museum overlooking the Columbia River. It was built by the museum’s founder, Sam Hill.
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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Sketch of Hill in 1889, the year after he married Maryhill Stonehenge replica and war memorial.. Samuel Hill (13 May 1857 – 26 February 1931), [1] was an American businessman, lawyer, railroad executive, and advocate of good roads.
Rujm el-Hiri, dubbed the “Stonehenge of the East” with a 492-foot diameter, has baffled experts since it was discovered in 1968. A new study shows that the tectonic plates near the Sea of ...