The circular ditch and bank, known as a henge, was first built at the site around 5000 years ago. A wooden structure was constructed around 2600BC, followed by the stone monument, between 2500 and 1500BC (the stones were arranged and re-arranged over a period of 1000 years.)
The larger stones were brought from nearby Marlborough, but the smaller ones, known as Bluestones, originate from the Preseli mountains in Wales, some 250 miles (385km) away.
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