Stonehenge 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 set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were
HMS Stonehenge (P232) mm) deck gun. HMS "Stonehenge" was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 23 March 1943. She served in the Pacific, where she sank the Japanese merchant vessel "Koryo Maru No.2" and the Japanese auxiliary minelayer "Choko Maru". She left Trincomalee to patrol in the northern part of the Malacca Straits on 25 February 1944. She was reported missing after failing to arrive at Ceylon on 20 March as expected. It is not known what caused her sinking, but a mine was considered to be the most likely explanation. HMS Stonehenge (P232) HMS "Stonehenge" was an S-class submarine of the