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Stonehenge

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Stone·henge  (stnhnj)
A group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in southern England. Dating to c. 2000-1800 b.c., the megaliths are enclosed by a circular ditch and embankment that may date to c. 2800. The arrangement of the stones suggests that Stonehenge was used as a religious center and also as an astronomical observatory.
Stonehenge [ˌstəʊnˈhɛndʒ]
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(Placename) (Social Science / Archaeology) a prehistoric ruin in S England, in Wiltshire on Salisbury Plain: constructed over the period of roughly 3000-1600 bc; one of the most important megalithic monuments in Europe; believed to have had religious and astronomical purposes
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Noun1.Stonehenge - an ancient megalithic monument in southern England; probably used for ritual purposes


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One day in returning from this spring by a circuitous path, I came upon a scene which reminded me of Stonehenge and the architectural labours of the Druids.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
The girl withdrew into a corner, while Miss Brass took a key from her pocket, and opening the safe, brought from it a dreary waste of cold potatoes, looking as eatable as Stonehenge.
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He was born in 1672 in the quaint little thatched parsonage of Milston, a Wiltshire village, not far from that strange monument of ancient days, Stonehenge.
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