Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous historical sites, a prehistoric monument located in Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The well-known stone circle has a fascinating and mysterious past; it has been widely studied, yet numerous key questions still baffle historians. Read on to discover five interesting facts about Stonehenge.
STONEHENGE WAS BUILT IN TWO PHASES, WITH CONSTRUCTION ENDING DURING THE LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD
The iconic monument now known worldwide has an interesting creation story. It was built in two stages: first, an earthwork ditch with inner and outer banks created around 5,000 years ago and later the stone structure at the centre of the monument, built around 2,500 B.C.
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