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Avebury ( / ˈeɪvbəri /) is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to ...
A farm lane lined with two long, low stone walls bisects the farm fields in the Winnapaug Pond Farm Preserve in Westerly.
The Merry Maidens ( grid reference SW432245 ), also known as Dawn's Men (a likely corruption of the Cornish Dons Men "Stone Dance") is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles (3 km) to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall. A pair of standing stones, The Pipers is associated both geographically and in legend.
The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar, or Ring o' Brodgar) is a Neolithic henge and stone circle in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the only major henge and stone circle in Britain which is an almost perfect circle. Most henges do not contain stone circles; Brodgar is a striking exception, ranking with Avebury and Stonehenge among the greatest of ...
Designated. 27th October 1971. Reference no. 1017871. The Nine Maidens, also known as the Seventeen Brothers, is a Bronze Age stone circle located near the village of Belstone on Dartmoor in Devon, England. The stone circle functioned as a burial chamber, although the cairn has since been robbed and the cist, known locally as a kistvaen, destroyed.
July 30, 2020 at 5:06 AM. (Reuters) - Scientists have solved an enduring mystery about Stonehenge, determining the place of origin of many of the megaliths that make up the famed monument in ...
The Stone of Scone being carried out from Edinburgh Castle in preparation for its use at the coronation in 2023 of Charles III. The Stone of Scone (/ ˈ s k uː n /; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil, meaning Stone of Destiny, also called clach-na-cinneamhuinn; Scots: Stane o Scone), is an oblong block of red sandstone that was used in the coronation of Scottish monarchs until the 13th century ...
Elsbeth is an American police procedural comedy-drama television series that premiered on February 29, 2024, on CBS.It is a spin-off of The Good Wife (2009–2016) and The Good Fight (2017–2022), from which Carrie Preston originated the role of Elsbeth Tascioni, an unconventional attorney who ends up working as a de facto detective.