Stonehenge, Wiltshire, United site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986.

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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 ft ( metres) high, 6 ft 11 in ( metres) wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

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Location: Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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