Bluestonehenge
Sign in to saveBluestonehenge 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 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.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Bluestonehenge
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- West Amesbury Henge
- Ancient site.image
- Bluestonehenge digital reconstruction - oval configuration.png
- Ancient site.caption
- Bluestonehenge digital reconstruction – oval configuration
- Ancient site.map_type
- United Kingdom Wiltshire
- Ancient site.map_size
- 200
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Wiltshire, England
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Map showing Bluestonehenge's location
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6 sectionsContents
- Excavations
- Initial findings
- Context
- See also
- References
- External links
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 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.
==Excavations== The site was excavated in August 2008 and again in August 2009; it is considered to be an important find by archaeologists. Full details of the discovery were published in the 2010 January / February edition of British Archaeology.