7 Wonders of the World (Stonehenge)

Stonehenge

One of the 7 wonders of the World

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One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stonehenge is regarded as a British cultural icon.[7] It has been a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1882,[1] when legislation to protect historic monuments was first successfully introduced in Britain

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones. Inside is a ring of smaller bluestones. Inside these are free-standing trilithons, two bulkier vertical sarsens joined by one lintel. The whole monument, now ruinous, is aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred tumuli (burial mounds).[2] Archaeologists believe that Stonehenge was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC,[3] although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.

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Question 01

How many stones in the stone circle are visible today ?

83

63

93

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Question 02

TTo the nearest 500 years, How long ago was the monument erected?

3500 years

4500 years

3550 years

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Question 03

Stonehenge is made up of two types of stone. Where do archeologist believe the larger sarsen stones were brought from?

The Marlborough Downs

The Maviris Woods

Crimson Worldstone

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Question 04

And where are the smaller bluestones from?

Southest Asia

Cecil Chubb

The Preseli Hills in South - west Wales

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Question 05

Viewed from the centre of the circle, the sun rises by which stone during the summer solstice?

The Highest Stone

The Heel Stone

Mitches Stone

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Question 06

There are many examples of graffiti that were carved on the stones in the georgian and victorian periods. Who is the carving of a cross followed by 'wren' attributed to?

Ms, Cristy Wren

Sir Christopher Wren

Sir Christian Wren

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Question 07

Can you name the local landowner who bought stonehenge from the antrobus family in 1915 and subquently gave it to the nation three years later?

Cecil Chubb

Martin Christopher

Warren Williams

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Question 08

The earliest known major event here was the construction of a circular ditch in about 3000BC. What is its diameter?

300 metres

200 metres

100 metres

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Question 09

What is the purpose of this prehistoric object, which was found in Wilsford, near stonehenge?

Ceremonial Battle Axe

Celespiede Battle field

Copostianal Field Axe

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Question 10

An earthwork known as the avenue connects stonehenge to what?

The River Soan

The River Cwane

The River Avon

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British architect and designer

Norman Foster

said that

"Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you cant seperate technology from the humanistic and spiritual content of a building "

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