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2. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Sunrise at Stonehenge

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   #1) Sunrise at Stonehenge on the summer solstice. #2) The first minute after sunrise. It has been a while since I've felt like trying a self-nom. Hot of the presses, this is what the sunrise looked like at Stonehenge this morning, as some 19,000 people gathered to help a handful of druids welcome the sun on the morning of the summer solstice.

3. Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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   Stukeley concluded the Stonehenge had been set up "by the use of a magnetic compass to lay out the works, the needle varying so much, at that time, from true north." He attempted to calculate the change in magnetic variation between the observed and theoretical (ideal) Stonehenge sunrise, which he imagined would relate to the date of construction.

4. America's Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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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 ...

6. Crowds Gather at Stonehenge for Summer Solstice Sunrise

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   Crowds of observers gathered at Stonehenge on the morning of June 21 to watch the summer solstice sunrise.According to the Guardian, “pagans, healers, nature lovers and party-goers” flocked in ...

7. Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites - Wikipedia

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   The Stonehenge area of the WHS is in south Wiltshire. It covers an area of 26 square km and is centred on the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge . Ownership is shared between English Heritage , the National Trust , the Ministry of Defence , the RSPB , Wiltshire Council , and private individuals and farmers.