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Station Stones

The Station Stones are elements of the prehistoric monument of . Originally there were four stones, resembling the four corners of a rectangle that straddles the inner sarsen circle, set just inside Stonehenge's surrounding bank.
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  • Type: Stone
  • Description: elements of prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in Wiltshire,England
  • Also known as: “Station Stone”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stonehenge and Altar Stone.

Photo: Oni Lukos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument in a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Salisbury Plain in , . The WHS is quite large and contains many other structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.

Stone
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The 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 comment by Inigo Jones who wrote:…

Stone
Photo: Heikki Immonen, CC BY 3.0.
The is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the earthwork in , England. is situated 340 feet east of Station Stones.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonehenge Landscape and Cursus Barrows.

Locality
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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
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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.

Village
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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 .

Station Stones

Latitude
51.17903° or 51° 10′ 45″ north
Longitude
-1.82675° or 1° 49′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C3W55HF+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 377367000
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­stone
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Wiki­data ID
Q7604304
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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Persian—“Station Stones” goes by many names.
  • Esperanto: “Staciaj Ŝtonoj”
  • German: “Stationsstein”
  • Japanese: “ステーションストーン”
  • Persian: “سنگ‌های جلوس”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aubrey holes and Slaughter Stone.

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