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Stonehenge

Stonehenge. Stonehenge is in Amesbury,United Kingdom in the continent of Europe. Stonehenge was constructed between 3,000 and 1,600 B.C. Stonehenge was a wooden circle until 2,600 B.C. Then they replaced it with stone. They used dark volcanic rocks called bluestone. Stonehenge.

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Stonehenge

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  1. Stonehenge

  2. Stonehenge is in Amesbury,United Kingdom in the continent of Europe.

  3. Stonehenge was constructed between 3,000 and 1,600 B.C. Stonehenge was a wooden circle until 2,600 B.C.

  4. Then they replaced it with stone. They used dark volcanic rocks called bluestone.

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  6. Each block is 50 tons. Bluestone was found in the Preseli Mountains.

  7. Stonehenge’s builder (unkown) abandoned the build and didn’t complete the circle

  8. Stonehenge is a stone circle, and no one knows who built it

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  10. I chose Stonehenge because I wanted to learn more about it.And I think it is unique.

  11. Bibliography http://world.new7wonders.com/new7wonders-of-the-world-finalists/stonehenge-3000-b-c-1600-b-c-amesbury-united-kingdom/ http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar534820&st=stonehenge

  12. Picture credits Slide 1: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Stonehenge2007_07_30.jpg/800px-Stonehenge2007_07_30.jpg Slide 9: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/2/16/1329406761886/Stonehenge-from-the-air-008.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Wiltshire_UK_relief_location_map.jpg/492px-Wiltshire_UK_relief_location_map.jpg

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