Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury.

Dec 3, 2025 · Stonehenge, prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site located on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It was …

Stonehenge is the most architecturally sophisticated and only surviving lintelled stone circle in the world. The earliest stage of the monument is one of the largest cremations cemeteries known …

Jan 21, 2017 · Learn about the ongoing efforts to understand who built Stonehenge and why. Stonehenge illuminated at night. Stonehenge, located in southern England, ranks among the …

Jul 9, 2025 · This mystical ring of monolithic stones, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the most famous prehistoric monument in Europe and one of England's most emblematic sights, …

Jun 1, 2010 · For centuries, historians and archaeologists have puzzled over the many mysteries of Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument that took Neolithic builders an estimated 1,500 years …

Jul 4, 2025 · A landscape of epic proportions, the monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site span 2,000 years of continuous Neolithic and Bronze Age activity in Wiltshire …

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Stonehenge is Britain’s most iconic stone circle—an ancient temple aligned with the solstices, set in a sacred landscape of burial mounds and processional routes.

Stonehenge, on Salisbury plain in England, is one of the most recognizable monuments of the Neolithic world and one of the most popular, with over one million visitors a year.