Phased reconstruction illustration depicting an aerial view of the second monument at Stonehenge in about 2900BC - 2600BC. A complicated pattern of post-holes in the chalk was excavated within the earthwork, the purpose of which is unclear.

Date:
circa 1990 - circa 2000
Location:
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Stonehenge Down, Wiltshire
Reference:
IC095/017
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

Post-holes were also excavated at the north-east entrance to the monument, but the purpose of these post-holes remains unclear. Therefore, only the positions of the holes in the chalk is shown in this illustration.

See also illustrations IC095/016 and IC095/018 - IC095/020 for depictions of other construction phases in the monument's history.

The illustration was reproduced on page 10 of the 2002 English Heritage guidebook for Stonehenge and Neighbouring Monuments.

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

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Late Neolithic Earthwork