Slaughter Stone
Slaughter Stone is a stone in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. Slaughter Stone is situated nearby to Heel Stone, as well as near Altar Stone.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stonehenge and Heel Stone.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument in a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The WHS is quite large and contains many other structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.Heel Stone
Stone
The Heel Stone is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork in Wiltshire, England.
Altar Stone
Stone
The Altar Stone is a recumbent central megalith at Stonehenge in England, dating to Stonehenge phase 3i, around 2600 BCE. It is identified as Stone 80 in scholarly articles. Its name probably comes from a 1620 comment by Inigo Jones who wrote:…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stonehenge Landscape and Cursus Barrows.
Stonehenge Landscape
Locality
The Stonehenge Landscape is a property of The National Trust, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the Neolithic monument of Stonehenge, which is administered by English Heritage.
Cursus Barrows
Locality
The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus, in Wiltshire, England.
Larkhill
Village
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, 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 Stonehenge.
Slaughter Stone
- Type: Stone
- Categories: historic site and landform
- Location: Amesbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.17911° or 51° 10′ 45″ north
Longitude
-1.8257° or 1° 49′ 33″ west
Open location code
9C3W55HF+JP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=stone
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stone
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Slaughter Stone” goes by many names.
- French: “Pierre de Sacrifice”
- German: “Opferstein”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Station Stone and Station Stones.
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