Series of six diagrammatic reconstruction illustrations depicting the stages in a possible method employed in the raising of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge

Date:
2005
Location:
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Stonehenge Down, Wiltshire
Reference:
IC095/026
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This set of illustrations has been used in various guidebooks for Stonehenge, in varying degrees of completeness. The last five diagrams were reproduced on page 12 of the 2005 and 2012 English Heritage guidebooks for Stonehenge, and four of the diagrams were reproduced on page 9 of the 2013 guidebook for the site.

This is drawing 1 of 2 depicting a possible method of raising the sarsen stones and trilithons at Stonehenge; see illustration IC095/027 for the second drawing.

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: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Early Bronze Age Standing Stone, Construction