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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))



stonehe2, temple, grave, altar, worship, ancient
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stonehe3,
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