It's pretty romantic! People get proposed to at Stonehenge every month! Not everyone would find a Neolithic religious site full of human bones particularly romantic, but some do!
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Around 180 generations have passed since the stones were erected at Stonehenge, but people were living at the site long before Stonehenge was built.
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The first excavations were carried out at Stonehenge in ........ The Duke of Buckingham undertook an excavation in the centre of the monument prompted by a visit from King James I. Unfortunately we know little about what was found.
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The average Stonehenge sarsen weighs 25 tons. The largest stone, the Heel Stone, weighs about ..... tons.
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Work started on Stonehenge about ......years ago - in the Neolithic period, or the later part of the Stone Age.
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How was Stonehenge built? In the 12th century giants placed the monument on a mountain in Ireland, before a wizard named Merlin magically moved the stone circle to England.
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What was Stonehenge used for? Although no one really knows for sure, the stones themselves give us a few clues.
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The first aerial photograph of Stonehenge was taken almost ........years ago. It was shot from a military air balloon by Lieutenant Phillip Henry Sharpe of the Royal Engineers’ Balloon Section.
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Each year, around 20,000 people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the S................ S......................, when the sun is at its highest point in the sky all year. It makes for a spectacular sunrise!
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Stonehenge, one of the world's most amazing historical sites, is in ........, England.
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The five Neolithic Houses are based on real dwellings
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The Stonehenge part of the World Heritage Site covers 2,600 hectares (6,500 acres) of chalk downland and arable fields. It’s an area seven-and-a-half times as big as ...........
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Stonehenge was bought at an auction in 1915. It was purchased for........ by local businessman Cecil Chubb, who (reportedly) came to the auction to buy some dining chairs.