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    LocationWiltshire, England
    HeightEach standing stone was around 13 ft (4.0 m) high
    RegionSalisbury Plain
    MaterialSarsen, Bluestone
    Tour of Stonehenge, England | A Walk through 5000 Years of History
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    Etymology

    The Oxford English Dictionary cites Ælfric's 10th-century glossary, in which henge-cliff is given the meaning 'precipice', or stone; thus, the stanenges or Stanheng "not far from Salisbury" recorded by 11th-century writers are … See more

    Early history

    Mike Parker Pearson, leader of the Stonehenge Riverside Project based around Durrington Walls, noted that Stonehenge appears to have been associated with burial from the earliest period of its existence: … See more

    Function and construction

    Stonehenge was produced by a culture that left no written records. Many aspects of Stonehenge, such as how it was built and for what purposes it was used, remain subject to debate. A number of myths surround th… See more

    Stonehenge-builders and DNA studies

    There is evidence to suggest that despite the introduction of farming in the British Isles, the practice of cereal cultivation fell out of favor between 3300 and 1500 BC, with much of the population reverting to a pastoralist… See more

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