Stonehenge

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World Heritage Site archaeological site prehistoric monument stone circle

Stonehenge is a prehistoric stone circle monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, renowned as one of the most famous and enigmatic archaeological sites in the world.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Stonehenge canonical 34
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites 6
Stonehenge World Heritage Site 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
prehistoric monument ⓘ
stone circle ⓘ
alignedWith summer solstice sunrise ⓘ
winter solstice sunset ⓘ
builtInPhases true ⓘ
constructionBegan c. 3000 BC ⓘ
constructionPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Neolithic ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
diameter about 33 metres ⓘ
distanceFromSalisbury about 13 km north ⓘ
estimatedWeightOfLargestStones about 25 tonnes ⓘ
hasPart Aubrey holes ⓘ
avenue ⓘ
bluestones ⓘ
heel stone ⓘ
inner horseshoe ⓘ
lintels ⓘ
outer stone circle ⓘ
sarsen stones ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument of Wales ⓘ
surface form: Scheduled Monument

UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inspired numerous artistic works ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
location Salisbury Plain ⓘ
managedBy English Heritage ⓘ
materialUsed Preseli bluestone ⓘ
sarsen sandstone ⓘ
nearbySettlement Durrington Walls ⓘ
nearbyTown Amesbury ⓘ
notableFor archaeological significance ⓘ
cultural symbolism ⓘ
megalithic architecture ⓘ
prehistoric engineering ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy the Crown ⓘ
surface form: The Crown
partOf Stonehenge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
possibleFunction astronomical observatory ⓘ
burial site ⓘ
ceremonial site ⓘ
ritual landscape ⓘ
shape circular ⓘ
subjectOf extensive archaeological research ⓘ
numerous myths and legends ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1986 ⓘ
visitorCentreOpened 2013 ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English Heritage → manages → Stonehenge ⓘ
Larkhill → locatedNear → Stonehenge ⓘ
southwest England → hasWorldHeritageSite → Stonehenge ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwest England
this entity surface form: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Netheravon Airfield → hasNearbyLandmark → Stonehenge ⓘ
Stonehenge → partOf → Stonehenge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England → hasNearbyAttraction → Stonehenge ⓘ
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England → near → Stonehenge ⓘ
Salisbury → locatedNear → Stonehenge ⓘ
Richie Havens → notableWork → Stonehenge ⓘ
A303 road → passesNear → Stonehenge ⓘ
River Avon → passesNear → Stonehenge ⓘ
subject surface form: River Avon (Hampshire)
World Heritage Sites in England → hasPart → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
World Heritage Sites in England → hasNotableExample → Stonehenge ⓘ
Wiltshire → contains → Stonehenge ⓘ
Avebury → partOf → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Avebury → nearby → Stonehenge ⓘ
Silbury Hill → partOf → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Salisbury Plain → knownFor → Stonehenge ⓘ
Salisbury Plain → contains → Stonehenge ⓘ
Amesbury → near → Stonehenge ⓘ
Amesbury → hasNearbyPrehistoricMonument → Stonehenge ⓘ
Sacrilege → depicts → Stonehenge ⓘ
Sacrilege → inspiredBy → Stonehenge ⓘ
Durrington, Wiltshire → locatedNear → Stonehenge ⓘ
Durrington, Wiltshire → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Stonehenge ⓘ
Durrington, Wiltshire → hasNearbyPrehistoricLandscape → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge World Heritage Site
bluestones → usedAt → Stonehenge ⓘ
bluestones → transportedTo → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge site
bluestones → partOf → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge stone circle
bluestones → associatedWithSite → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge World Heritage Site
Aubrey holes → locatedIn → Stonehenge ⓘ
Aubrey holes → locatedInside → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge circular earthwork
Aubrey holes → chronologicalPhase → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge Phase I
heel stone → partOf → Stonehenge ⓘ
subject surface form: Heel Stone
heel stone → locatedIn → Stonehenge ⓘ
subject surface form: Heel Stone
this entity surface form: Stonehenge World Heritage Site
heel stone → partOf → Stonehenge ⓘ
subject surface form: Heel Stone
this entity surface form: Stonehenge entrance arrangement
heel stone → worldHeritageSite → Stonehenge ⓘ
subject surface form: Heel Stone
this entity surface form: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Preseli bluestone → usedIn → Stonehenge ⓘ
Preseli bluestone → usedFor → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge inner stone circle
Preseli bluestone → usedFor → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge bluestone circle
Preseli bluestone → usedFor → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge bluestone horseshoe
Durrington Walls → locatedNear → Stonehenge ⓘ
Salisbury Museum → near → Stonehenge ⓘ
Salisbury Museum → hasSubject → Stonehenge ⓘ
Newgrange → olderThan → Stonehenge ⓘ
Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site → olderThan → Stonehenge ⓘ
Stonehenge replica at Maryhill → modeledAfter → Stonehenge ⓘ
ancient Britain → hasSite → Stonehenge ⓘ
Aurelius Ambrosius → associatedWith → Stonehenge ⓘ
Aurelius Ambrosius → burialPlace → Stonehenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stonehenge (legendary)