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Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site situated on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. There is no definite evidence as to the intended purpose of Stonehenge, but it presumably a religious site and an appearance of the power and wealth of the chieftains, aristocrats, and priests who had it built; many of whom were buried in the numerous barrows nearby. [1] It was aligned on the Sun and possibly used for observing the Sun and Moon and working out the farming calendar. Or perhaps the site was devoted to the world of the ancestors, separated from the world of the living, or was a healing center. [2] The use if the site by the Druids (Celtic priests) is questionable, but present-day Druids congregate there every year to hail the midsummer sunrise. Looking toward the sunrise, the entrance in the northeast points over a big pillar, now leaning at an angle, called the Heel Stone. Looking the othe