Stonehenge An area extending to was studied to a depth of three metres with ground-penetrating radar equipment. As many as seventeen new monuments, revealed nearby, may be Late Neolithic monuments that resemble Stonehenge. The interpretation suggests a complex of numerous related monuments. Also included in the discovery is that the cursus track is terminated by two wide extremely deep pits, whose purpose is still a mystery. Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around high, wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are
Cultural depictions of Stonehenge and their 1976 "Atomhenge" tour featured a stage set that replicated the monument. Black Sabbath's 1983 album "Born Again" featured an instrumental called "Stonehenge", which led manager Don Arden to suggest a stage set based upon the stones. The plans were mistakenly labelled in metres not feet, so that when the stage set was erected it was three times the desired size - dwarfing the band. The set was only used once, and the incident was famously parodied in the 1984 mockumentary film "This is Spinal Tap" which featured the titular fictional rock band performing a song named "Stonehenge" on