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Description: An illustrated overview of this megalithic monument and its topographical and prehistoric context.
When was Stonehenge built and by who? Archaeologists have now been able to establish when the construction of Stonehenge began. Between 3100 and 2800 BC the Great Cursus 300 yards from Stonehenge had been constructed - nearly one and a half miles long and 150 yards wide, on an east-west alignment. This was a ditch hewn in the chalk 6 feet deep and wide, and would have appeared brilliant white in the green of what had now become pastureland. Was this used for chariot racing by the ancient Britains, from 'cursus', the Latin term for race course? Or was it a processional way, a path for the dead? The placing of burial mounds, known as the Cursus Barrows, on their edges may support this view.
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| Page title: | When was Stonehenge built and by who? |
| Keywords: | stonehenge, construction, sarsens, sarsen, stones, beaker people, windmill hill, wessex people, burial mounds, pottery |
| Description: | When was Stonehenge built and by who? Archaeologists have now been able to establish when the construction of Stonehenge began. Around 2000 BC saw the construction of the sarsens, this was the final splendour of Stonehenge the pinnacle of its construction. |
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| Date | Creation Date: 25-may-2000 Expiration Date: 25-may-2015 |