Stonehenge | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:01:32 1 Etymology
00:03:22 2 Early history
00:04:37 2.1 Before the monument (from 8000 BC)
00:06:32 2.2 Stonehenge 1 (c. 3100 BC)
00:09:17 2.3 Stonehenge 2 (c. 3000 BC)
00:10:43 2.4 Stonehenge 3 I (c. 2600 BC)
00:14:32 2.5 Stonehenge 3 II (2600 BC to 2400 BC)
00:19:24 2.6 Stonehenge 3 III (2400 BC to 2280 BC)
00:19:59 2.7 Stonehenge 3 IV (2280 BC to 1930 BC)
00:20:54 2.8 Stonehenge 3 V (1930 BC to 1600 BC)
00:21:23 2.9 After the monument (1600 BC on)
00:22:14 3 Function and construction
00:27:24 4 DNA studies clarify the historical context
00:29:14 5 Modern history
00:29:23 5.1 Folklore
00:29:31 5.1.1 "Heel Stone", "Friar’s Heel", or "Sun-Stone"
00:31:02 5.1.2 Arthurian legend
00:32:50 5.2 Sixteenth century to present
00:34:36 5.2.1 Neopaganism
00:35:51 5.2.2 Setting and access
00:38:11 5.2.3 Stonehenge Roundtable Access
00:39:58 5.3 Archaeological research and restoration
00:40:08 5.3.1 1600–1900
00:42:15 5.3.2 1901–2000
00:45:49 5.3.3 2000s
00:50:42 6 In popular culture



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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stonehenge is regarded as a British cultural icon. It has been a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1882 when legislation to protect historic monuments was first successfully introduced in Britain. The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage; the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. Deposits containing human bone date from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug, and continued for at least another five hundred years.