Altar Stone

The Altar Stone is a recumbent central megalith at in , 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:…
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  • Stone
  • …is also known as “Stone 80”
  • Description: recumbent central megalith at Stonehenge in England

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is a garrison town in the civil parish of , Wiltshire, England.
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is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Altar Stone.

Altar Stone

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Latitude
51.17885° or 51° 10′ 44″ north
Longitude
-1.82624° or 1° 49′ 35″ west
Open location code
9C3W55HF+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227236258
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­stone
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Wiki­data ID
Q4736171

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