# Stonehenge — WHE Definition Discussion (1-135)

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/stonehenge-whe-definition-discussion-1-135/17331>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [December 14, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/stonehenge-whe-definition-discussion-1-135/17331 "2010-12-14T12:28:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brynrees](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/brynrees/32/298_2.png) [@Brynrees](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/Brynrees)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/stonehenge-whe-definition-discussion-1-135/17331/1 "2010-12-14T12:28:04Z")

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Stonehenge is a Neolithic / Bronze Age monument located on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, southern England. The first monument on the site, began around 3100 BCE, was a circular 'henge' earthwork about 360 feet (110 metres) in diameter, a 'henge' in the archaeological sense being a circular or oval-shaped flat area enclosed by a boundary earthwork.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original definition at [https://www.worldhistory.org/stonehenge/](https://www.worldhistory.org/stonehenge/)._

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**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/stonehenge-whe-definition-discussion-1-135/17331/2 "2026-07-31T19:20:31Z")

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