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
Photo: Oni Lukos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Heikki Immonen, CC BY 3.0.
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
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stonehenge Landscape and Cursus Barrows.
Stonehenge Landscape
Locality
Photo: Ranger Steve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
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Latitude
51.17911° or 51° 10′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.8257° or 1° 49′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C3W55HF+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 133262443OpenStreetMap feature
historic=stoneOpenStreetMap 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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