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Stonehenge, extensive group of gigantic standing stones, Salisbury Plain, Wilts, 2 miles W. of Amesbury. The whole work consists of 2 circles and 2 ovals, inclosed by a double mound, and with an avenue leading from the NE.; and has been variously supposed to be a Druid temple, a temple of Saturn, a relic of Sun worship, a sepulchral monument, and a monument of victory.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "extensive group of gigantic standing stones" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Stonehenge |
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