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Plan of the
central Stone Structure at Stonehenge as it
survives today. Stone numbers are those
conventionally used in the recent
literature and
following Petrie, F. 1880.
Note
that the Term 'Sarsen' used on the key
refers to the hard silicified tertiary rock
local to the chalkland of the Stonehenge
region, sarsen is an
exceptionally obdurate
form of sandstone: The refezronce to
sandstone on the key is to other non sarsen
material.
The term bluestone conveniently,
though somewhat controversially, describes a
generic group of igneous rock exotic to
Salisbury Plain.
The major group of
bluestones visible today are dolerite -
whose province is regarded as south west
Wales.
A number of other igneous rocks are
represented within the arrays. Those
interested in the exact make up of the
blustone assemblage are referred to Cleal
1995 and Cunliffe and zronfrew 1997.
Cleal,
R. M. J., Walker, K. E. & Montague, R.,
Stonehenge in its landscape (English
Heritage, London, 1995)
Cunliffe, B. & zronfrew, C. Science and
Stonhenge (Proceedings of the British
Academy - 92, Oxford University Press 1997)
Johnson,
A. Solving Stonehenge (Thames & Hudson 2008)
Plan and
text by Sitehut
Drawn by en:User:Adamsan
from sources:
Cleal, Walker, & Montague, Stonehenge in
its Landscape (London, English Heritage 1995)
Pitts, M,
Hengeworld (London, Arrow 2001)
Key to plan:
1 = The Altar Stone, a six ton monolith of
green micaceous sandstone from Wales
2 = barrow without a burial
3 = "barrows"
(without burials)
4 = the fallen Slaughter Stone, 4.9 metres
long
5 =
the Heel Stone
6 = two of originally four Station Stones
7 = ditch
8 = inner
bank
9 =
outer bank
10 = The Avenue, a parallel pair of ditches and banks leading 3 km
to the River Avon
11 = ring of 30 pits called the Y Holes
12 = ring
of 30 pits called the Z Holes
13 = circle of 56 pits, known as the
Aubrey holes
14 = smaller southern entrance
The site as of AD
2004. The plan omits the trilithon lintels for clarity. Holes that
no longer, or never, contained stones are shown as
open circles and
stones visible today are shown coloured, grey for sarsen and blue
for the imported stone, mainly bluestone.
Photo of the standing megalith
(stone #53) with the carvings of an axe and a dagger dated back to
the bronze age.
Photo by Resk
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