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has shown that a further 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) is buried in the ground. It is 77.4 metres (254 ft) from the centre of Stonehenge circle. It leans towards the southwest nearly 27 degrees from the
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On the Road to Stonehenge: Report on Investigations beside the A344 in 1968, 1979 and 1980
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of 7.6 metres (25 ft) and weighs about 35 tons. It is surrounded by the
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Report on the Excavations at Stonehenge during the season of 1923
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Stonehenge, Wiltshire (Ancient monuments and historic buildings)
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Heelstone
51°10′45″N 1°49′31″W / 51.179305°N 1.825302°W / 51.179305; -1.825302

sarsen
Avenue
Stonehenge
Wiltshire
Excavation
vertical
girth
Heelstone Ditch
List of individual rocks
Atkinson
Hawley, Lt-Col W
Stone, J F S
v
t
e
Stonehenge
Altar Stone
Aubrey holes
Bluestone
Excavations at Stonehenge
Heel Stone
Heelstone Ditch
Laser scanning at Stonehenge
Q and R Holes
Sarsen
Station Stones
Stonehenge Landscape

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