Reconstruction illustration depicting the raising of a huge upright stone of the sarsen circle at Stonehenge using ropes and weights, in the Late Neolithic, circa 2500BC. In the background, a stone lintel is being raised on wooden scaffolding.

Date:
11 Apr 2013
Location:
Stonehenge World Heritage Site, Wiltshire
Reference:
IC095/078
Type:
Drawing (Digital)
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Description

This method of construction would have required considerable planning and engineering skill. Born-digital reconstruction artwork. This illustration by Peter Lorimer was reproduced on page 37 of the 2013 English Heritage guidebook for Stonehenge.

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: Lorimer, Peter

Keywords

Late Neolithic Stone Circle, Late Neolithic Trilithon, People At Work, Construction