Stonehenge: The Bluestones from Wales
South West, England
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Stonehenge: The Bluestones from Wales
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Stonehenge was built and rebuilt over 1,500 years from about 3000 BC, and most of its smaller bluestones were brought from the Preseli hills in west Wales, some 240km away, by means still argued over. The sarsens came from much nearer, and the whole monument sits in a landscape of barrows, avenues and the Cursus.
Required Activities
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of 4
Visit Stonehenge, the Neolithic stone circle whose bluestones were brought from the Preseli Hills in Wales, and its visitor centre
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of 4
Walk the Avenue and the Cursus in the wider landscape
3
of 4
See the Neolithic houses and the collection at the visitor centre
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of 4
Walk out to the barrow cemetery on King Barrow Ridge
Visit Stonehenge, the Neolithic stone circle whose bluestones were brought from the Preseli Hills in Wales, and its visitor centre
Walk the Avenue and the Cursus in the wider landscape
See the Neolithic houses and the collection at the visitor centre
Walk out to the barrow cemetery on King Barrow Ridge
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