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stonehen, Stonehenge, (steün'hendj), Druid, enigma, Britain,
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"Stonehenge: (steün'hendj) A unique
megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Its
alleged connection with the Druids dates from the 17th c., when
people's ideas about what constituted 'the past' were very vague. In
the 12th c. it was believed to be a monument over King Arthur's
grave; other theories have attributed it to the Phoenicians, Romans,
Vikings, and visitors from other worlds; modern theory inclines to
the view that it was a temple. Scientific study and excavation have
identified three main constructional phases between c.3000 BC and
c.1500 BC, i.e. it was completed in the Bronze Age. The circular bank
and ditch, double circle of 'bluestones' (spotted dolerite), and
circle of sarsen stones (some with white lintels), are concentric,
and the main axis is aligned on the midsummer sunrise--an orientation
that was probably for ritual rather than scientific purposes."
(Copyright -- The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary, Clarendon
Press, Oxford (1991))
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