Megalithic Sites in England
Megalithic Sites
in England
Alina Trussova
10b klass
Contents
Overview
Purpose
Monuments
How they were built
Overview
Monument
Large stones
Neolithic-Bronze Age
Divided:
Menhir
Dolmens
Tumulus
The Megalith Map
Purpose
Religion
Astronomical Stonehenge
Burial place West Kennet Long Barrow
Stonehenge
Wiltshire, England
Stone Circles
3100 1100 BC
Astronomical Alignment
Avebury Henge
Avebury, Wiltshire
Stone Circles
Surround the village
2600 -2400 BC
Rollright Stones
Little Rollright, Oxfordshire
4000 - 1500 BC
77 stones
3 elements:
The King Stone
The Whispering Knights dolmen
The King's Men
West Kennet Long Barrow
Wiltshire
3700 - 2000 BC.
burial chamber
The Hurlers
Cornwall
3 Stone circle
about 1500 BC
Silbury Hill
Wiltshire
2,400-2,000BC
High: 30 m
Wide: 160 m
How they were built
Questions?
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