Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. Wikimedia Commons image, cleaned for display.
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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in southern England. Its construction happened in stages over many centuries, beginning roughly 5,000 years ago. Some enormous stones were brought from relatively nearby, while smaller bluestones came from Wales, more than 200 kilometres away. Moving and raising the stones without modern machines required remarkable planning and labour. Archaeologists have found burials around the site, and the monument is aligned with important positions of the Sun at the solstices. Its exact purposes remain debated, which is part of its fascination.
