Stonehenge - English Heritage
网页The Stonehenge World Heritage Site is famous throughout the world and is one of the most important prehistoric landscapes in Europe. Today this landscape is split in two by a major road - the A303 - which acts as a barrier to people enjoying, exploring and understanding the World Heritage Site. Find out more about the proposed tunnel scheme.
History of Stonehenge - English Heritage
网页History of Stonehenge. Stonehenge is perhaps the world’s most famous prehistoric monument. It was built in several stages: the first monument was an early henge monument, built about 5,000 years ago, and the unique stone circle was erected in the late Neolithic period about 2500 BC. In the early Bronze Age many burial mounds were built nearby.
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网页Join today for a whole year of adventures from just £42. Membership unlocks unlimited days out at over 400 amazing historic places along with loads of other benefits. What's more, as a member, you'll be part of a charity that's on a mission to bring millions of people closer through heritage.
Places to Visit in England - English Heritage
网页Places To Visit. Stonehenge. Dover Castle. Overseas visitors pass. Group visits. Find a place to visit. What's On. Family events. Members' events.
The Stones of Stonehenge | English Heritage
网页The Heel Stone. This huge unshaped boulder of hard sarsen stone stands in isolation surrounded by a small circular ditch. It weighs more than 36 tonnes! In 1979, the hole for another similar-sized stone was discovered next to it, which may have been the original position of the Heel Stone. Or, there may once have been a pair of upright sarsens ...
Building Stonehenge - English Heritage
网页Building Stonehenge. Stonehenge is a masterpiece of engineering, built using only simple tools and technologies, before the arrival of metals and the invention of the wheel. Building the stone circle would have needed hundreds of people to transport, shape and erect the stones. These builders would have required others to provide them with food ...
Tickets at Stonehenge | English Heritage
网页Pre-book to explore this unique prehistoric monument and World Heritage Site. Visit Stonehenge and hundreds of other historic places for free when you become an English Heritage Member from as little as £4.75 a month. For something really special, go inside the stones with Stone Circle Experience: an unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime visit to ...
Places to visit | English Heritage
网页Discover England’s amazing historic places in all their autumnal glory, from castles and abbeys nestled in golden woodland to country houses swathed in morning mist and historic gardens ablaze with spectacular seasonal colour. We've gathered our top picks for Autumn, including treats, traditions and the best of our glorious gardens.
History of Hadrian’s Wall - English Heritage
网页Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years. It was built by the Roman army on the orders of the emperor Hadrian following his visit to Britain in AD 122. At 73 miles (80 Roman miles) long, it crossed northern Britain from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west.
Hadrian's Wall - English Heritage
网页Multiple sites in Northumberland, Cumbria, and Tyne and Wear, Northern England. Marching 73 miles from coast to coast, Hadrian’s Wall was built to guard the wild north-west frontier of the Roman Empire. Discover the remains of the …