The sarsen circle and trilithons are raised at Stonehenge
The great sarsens are erected on Salisbury Plain, with lintels jointed to their uprights by mortise and tenon and to each other by tongue and groove. It is post-and-lintel construction taken to the limit of what the technique allows, and the joints show that the builders understood the ring as a locked structure rather than a stack of loose stones.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Stonehenge · archaeological site · United Kingdom
- Megalithic post-and-lintel construction · technology system · Worldwide · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites - UNESCO World Heritage List
The Stonehenge and Avebury monument complex is inscribed on the World Heritage List, with the sarsen phase of Stonehenge conventionally dated to the third millennium BCE. V55 verification basis: whc.unesco.org is blocked by the environment egress proxy and could not be opened; the inscription year and list reference number are stated from established record and must be confirmed.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre / World Heritage Committee · inscribed 1986 · Partly verified
UNESCO World Heritage List, Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (inscribed 1986), https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/373/
Recorded on Stonehenge
- The sarsen circle and trilithons are raised at Stonehenge
- The Stonehenge sarsens are traced to West Woods
- The Altar Stone is traced to north-east Scotland
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