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Bluestonehenge
51.1714° N, -1.7980° E
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Bluestonehenge or Bluehenge (also known as West Amesbury Henge) is a prehistoric henge and stone circle monument that was discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. All that remains of the site is the ditch of the henge and a series of stone settings, none of which is visible above ground.
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First excavation
August 2008
Second excavation
August 2009
Publication of full details
January/February 2010
Henge ditch and bank construction
c. 2400 BC
Dismantling dated by radiocarbon
c. 2469–2286 BC
Stone settings erected
c. 3400–2500 BC
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Burial and Funerary Structures
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