A trench was cut beneath fallen stone 25 of the outer sarsen circle so that ropes could be passed below to support pullies used in the straightening of Trilithon upright stone 60. In effect, stone 25 was used as an anchor

Date:
1958
Location:
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Stonehenge Down, Wiltshire
Reference:
P50764
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Excavations

Content

This is part of the Series: ATK01/01 R J Atkinson photographs; within the Collection: ATK01 Atkinson, R J

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Atkinson, Richard John Copland

Keywords

Early Bronze Age Stone Circle, Neolithic Henge, Early Bronze Age Henge, Archaeology And Excavations, Conservation And Renovation