Stonehenge

Stonehenge is the name of an archeological site located in England, ca. 8 miles northwest of Salisbury?. It is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones, dated back to 3100 BC.

The site was added to the UNESCO's World Heritage list in 1986.

Construction

The stones are as follows:

• The Altar Stone a 5 metre block of green sandstone (all the other stones in Stonehenge are bluestone)
• The Slaughter Stone
• The Heel Stone once known as the Friar's Heel, a corruption of the Welsh "Freya sul" or Freya's Seal
• Station Stones

Other features:

• The Aubrey Holes
• Y and Z holes

see also sun mythology