Reconstruction illustration depicting the method of transporting a sarsen stone from the Marlborough Downs to Stonehenge in the early Bronze Age, using a wooden sledge moving on shaped tree trunk rollers, pulled with ropes by a huge team of workers

Date:
1979
Location:
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Stonehenge Down, Wiltshire
Reference:
IC095/015
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

A black and white version of this illustration was reproduced on the back cover of the 1980 publication 'What is Stonehenge?: A Guide for Young People', by the reknowned archaeologist Professor RJC Atkinson.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC095 Stonehenge World Heritage Site, Wiltshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Brouard, William

Keywords

Construction, People At Work