The word Stonehenge is though to have originated from the Anglo-Saxon period - the old English word 'henge' means hanging or gibbet. So the word Stonehenge would mean 'hanging stones' However, nowadays the word henge has a specific archeological meaning: a circular enclosure surrounding settings of stones and timber uprights, or pits. Stonehenge is thought to have been built over 5,000 years ago.
Before Stonehenge was built, there used to be a forest of pines. Stonehenge was built in three phases. The first phase consisted of a circle of timbers surrounded by a ditch and a bank enclosing a ring of 56 pits. Later
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