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	Stonehenge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first monument consisted of a circular bank and ditch enclosure (7 and 8) measuring around 110 m (360 feet) in diameter with a large entrance to the north east and a smaller one to the south (14).
		This phase of the monument was abandoned unfinished however, the small standing stones were apparently removed and the Q and R holes purposefully backfilled.
		Henry of Huntingdon was the first to write of the monument around 1130 soon followed by Geoffrey of Monmouth who was the first to record fanciful associations with King Arthur which led the monument to be incorporated into the wider cycle of European medieval romance.
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	megalithic monument
		Aside from the standing stones and stone heaps that are still raised occasionally as boundary marks or memorials of personal and public events, most megalithic monuments seem to have been erected for funerary and religious purposes.
		The Western European megaliths were constructed during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age and are believed to range in date from c.4000 B.C. to 1100 B.C. Most chamber tombs were probably built during the 4th millennium B.C., and the stone circles generally date somewhat later.
		Vera Collum and the excavation of a `Roman' megalithic tomb.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/sci/A0832514.html (423 words)

	Learn more about Archaeoastronomy in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		An example of the second sort of archeoastronomy is the study of solar, lunar, and stellar alignments of historical monuments.
		Many claims have been made that the megalithic monument, Stonehenge, represents an "ancient observatory," although the extent of its use in that regard is in dispute.
		Similar claims have been made that the Great Pyramids of Egypt are aligned with the stars in the belt of Orion, in reflection of the significance invested in that constellation by the ancient Egyptians.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /a/ar/archaeoastronomy.html (335 words)

	London Guide - Stonehenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Investigations over the last 100 years have revealed that Stonehenge was built in several stages from 1900 BC - First phase of building at Stonehenge.
		The megalithic ruin known as Stonehenge stands on the open downland of The Bluestones at Stonehenge are believed to have originated from various
		Stonehenge is a megalithic monument on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England, It is thought that Stonehenge dates back thousands of years,
	www.taunton-online.co.uk /stonehenge.html (218 words)

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