Stonehenge is an ancient landmark on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury.
It comprises of an external ring of vertical sarsen standing stones.
Each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and gauging around 25 tons, bested by interfacing level lintel stones
Inside is a ring of more modest bluestones. Inside these are unsupported trilithons, two bulkier vertical Sarsens joined by one lintel.
The entire landmark, presently ruinous, is adjusted towards the dawn on the summer solstice.
The stones are set inside earthworks in the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age landmarks in England, including a few hundred tumuli.
Archaeologists believe that Stonehenge 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.
Stonehenge is one of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom.
Stonehenge is regarded as a British cultural icon.
Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC.