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Bluestonehenge

Bluestonehenge or Bluehenge is a prehistoric henge and stone circle monument that was discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project about 1 mile south-east of in , .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Neolithic henge monument
  • Also known as: “Bluehenge” and “West Amesbury Henge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vespasian’s Camp and Coneybury Henge.

Cliff
Photo: Psychostevouk, Public domain.
Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of , , England. The hillfort is less than 3 kilometres from the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of , and was built on a hill next to the ; it has the River Avon on its southern side and the A303 road on its northern edge. is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Bluestonehenge.

Archaeological site
is a henge which is part of the in , England. The henge, which has been almost completely flattened, was only discovered in the 20th century. is situated 2,700 feet west of Bluestonehenge.

Archaeological site
is a chalkland spring in , England, separated by the River Avon from the northwest edge of the town of . It is close to an Iron Age hillfort known as and about a mile east of the ancient monument. is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Bluestonehenge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonehenge Landscape and Cursus Barrows.

Locality
Photo: Ranger Steve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a property of The National Trust, located on in , England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the Neolithic monument of , which is administered by English Heritage.

Locality
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the , in Wiltshire, England. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Bluestonehenge.

Village
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a garrison town in the civil parish of , Wiltshire, England. It lies about 1+3⁄4 miles west of the centre of Durrington village and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the prehistoric monument of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Bluestonehenge.

Bluestonehenge

Latitude
51.17153° or 51° 10′ 18″ north
Longitude
-1.79782° or 1° 47′ 52″ west
Open location code
9C3W56C2+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1190057263
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q832510
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Bluestonehenge” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Bluehenge”
  • Catalan: “Bluestonehenge”
  • Dutch: “Bluehenge”
  • German: “Bluehenge”
  • German: “Bluestonehenge”
  • Hebrew: “בלוסטונהנג‘”
  • Hungarian: “Bluestonehenge”
  • Russian: “Блухендж”
  • Spanish: “Bluehenge”
  • Spanish: “Bluestonehenge”
  • Ukrainian: “Блухендж”
  • Western Frisian: “Bluestonehenge”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tumulus and Coneybury Barrow.

Nearby Places

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