What type of stone is stonehenge made of?
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bluestone and sarsen sandstone
Stonehenge
What type of stone is stonehenge made of?
Stonehenge Bluestone Sarsen Avebury Altar Stone (Stonehenge) Megalith Heel Stone Carhenge Stonehenge replicas and derivatives Carnac stones
<b>Type</b>, Cultural. Criteria, i, ii, iii. Designated, 1986 (10th session). Reference no. 
373. Region, Europe and North America. <b>Stonehenge</b> is a prehistoric monument 
in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of 
standing <b>stones</b>, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, ... In approximately 3500 BC, 
a <b>Stonehenge</b> Cursus was <b>built</b> 2,300 feet (700 m)&nbsp;... Bluestone is a cultural or commercial name for a number of dimension or building 
<b>stone</b> ... Many of them appear to have been <b>made</b> in or near <b>Stonehenge</b>, since 
there are ... The other, lesser known, <b>type</b> of American &#39;bluestone&#39; is a blue-tinted
&nbsp;... Sarsen <b>stones</b> are sandstone blocks found in quantity in the United Kingdom on 
Salisbury Plain ... The builders of <b>Stonehenge</b> used these <b>stones</b> for the 
heelstone and sarsen circle uprights. Avebury and many other megalithic 
monuments in southern England are also <b>built with</b> sarsen <b>stones</b>. Fire and in 
later times&nbsp;... Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three <b>stone</b> circles, around 
the village of ... During the Early Middle Ages, a village first began to be <b>built</b> 
around the monument, eventually extending into it. ... For example, <b>Stonehenge</b> 
features the same <b>kinds</b> of monuments, and in Dorset there is a henge on the 
edge of&nbsp;... The Altar <b>Stone</b> is a recumbent central megalith at <b>Stonehenge</b> in England, 
dating to <b>Stonehenge</b> phase 3i, around 2600 BC. It is <b>made of</b> a purplish-green&nbsp;... In parts of Britain and Ireland a relatively common <b>type</b> of megalithic construction 
is the <b>stone</b> circle, of which examples include <b>Stonehenge</b>, Avebury, Ring of&nbsp;... The Heel <b>Stone</b> is a single large block of sarsen <b>stone</b> standing within the 
Avenue outside the entrance of the <b>Stonehenge</b> earthwork. In section it is&nbsp;... Carhenge is a replica of England&#39;s <b>Stonehenge</b> located near the city of Alliance, 
Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being <b>built</b> 
<b>with</b> large standing <b>stones</b>, as is the case with the original <b>Stonehenge</b>, ... &quot;
Carhenge creator watches once-in-lifetime event near one-of-a-<b>kind</b> creation&quot;. The only astronomically aligned, full-scale, &quot;exact&quot; replica of (a pristine) 
<b>Stonehenge</b> in natural <b>stone</b> (granite) is Esperance <b>Stonehenge</b> at Esperance, 
Western&nbsp;... The Carnac <b>stones</b> (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense 
collection of ... The standing <b>stones</b> are <b>made of</b> weathered granite from local 
outcroppings that once extensively covered the area. ... As with the megalithic 
structure of <b>Stonehenge</b> in England, management of the <b>stones</b> can be 
controversial.
sarsen bluestone
Stonehenge