Stonehenge
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Summary
Stonehenge is a cromlech[1]. Stonehenge draws 63,569 Wikipedia views per month (cromlech category, ranking #3 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Amesbury[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: monument[5], archaeological site[6], history museum[7], henge[8]
- Owned by: National Trust[9]
- Operator: English Heritage[10]
- Architectural style: prehistoric Britain[11]
- Made from material: sarsen[12], bluestone[13]
- Location: Salisbury Plain[14]
- Postal code: SP4 7DE[15]
- Part of: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites[16]
- Commons category: Stonehenge[17]
- Has part(s): Stonehenge stone 150[18]
- Inception: 3000 BC[19], 1848 BC[20]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1400 BC[21]
- Significant event: Guinness World Records[22]
- Official website: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehenge[23], https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/[24]
- IPA transcription: ˌstəʊnˈhendʒ[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stonehenge[26]
- Has facility: accessible toilet[27], Changing Places toilet[28]
- Commons gallery: Stonehenge[29]
- Described at URL: https://www.wired.com/story/archaeologists-have-found-the-source-of-stonehenges-boulders/[30], https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/archaeologists-find-the-source-of-stonehenge-sarsen-stones/[31]
- Visitors per year: 1,327,423[32]
- Depicted by: Stonehenge with Sheep[33]
- Described by source: Origins of the sarsen megaliths at Stonehenge[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[36], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[37], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], The New Student's Reference Work[40], Meyer’s Universum, Zehnter Band[41]
- Topic has template: Template:Stonehenge[42]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Stonehenge include Manhattanhenge[43], a biannual event[44], in United States[45]; America's Stonehenge[46], an archaeological site[47], in United States[48]; Carhenge[49], a sculpture[50], in United States[51], founded in 1987[52]; and 9325 Stonehenge[53], an asteroid[54].
Why It Matters
Stonehenge has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Stonehenge is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Stonehenge include Manhattanhenge[43], a biannual event[44], in United States[45]; America's Stonehenge[46], an archaeological site[47], in United States[48]; Carhenge[49], a sculpture[50], in United States[51], founded in 1987[52]; and 9325 Stonehenge[53], an asteroid[54].