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'''Stonehenge''' is a megalithic monument located in southern [[England]]. The word comes from the Anglo-Saxon ''stone'', meaning 'stone', and ''henge'', meaning 'hinge', because the distinctive upright pylons with their crosspieces were thought to resemble a door or gate. The tallest of these, known as the 'sarsen', is nearly 100 feet high.
'''Stonehenge''' is a megalithic monument located in southern [[England]]. The word comes from the Anglo-Saxon ''stone'', meaning 'stone', and ''henge'', meaning 'hinge', because the distinctive upright pylons with their crosspieces were thought to resemble a door or gate. The tallest of these, known as the 'sarsen', is nearly 100 feet high.
Stonehenge was constucted between 3000 and 1600 BC. [http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=398]
Stonehenge is aligned to the sunrise at the summer [[solstice]], or longest day of the year, around June 21. On that day the sun shines through the sarsen stone and hits something called the heel stone which lights up like a mirror, as it is made of polished quartz.
Stonehenge is aligned to the sunrise at the summer [[solstice]], or longest day of the year, around June 21. On that day the sun shines through the sarsen stone and hits something called the heel stone which lights up like a mirror, as it is made of polished quartz.