Copy of a plan of Stonehenge with sections through an earthwork and showing the formation of the Avenue

Date:
Jun 1919
Location:
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Stonehenge Down, Wiltshire
Reference:
MP/STO0013
Type:
Measured Drawing
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Description

Mounds, ditches, earthworks and fences are labelled as well as prominent stones and suggested timber shores. An almost octagonal grid lies over the stone circle. Section A-A shows the chalk formation of the Avenue. From a survey in May 1919 yet the notes describe the surveying of the Aubrey holes in 1920.

Content

This is part of the Job: PF/STO/003 Plan And Sections And Copies Of Plans And Sections Showing Stonehenge With Its Features Labelled; within the Volume: PF/STO Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire; within the Series: EHC01/022 English Heritage Plans And Measured Drawings; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

Keywords

Neolithic Henge, Early Bronze Age Stone Circle