Stonehenge: everything you wanted to know (part two)
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Stonehenge Is a Megalithic Monument in Britain.
Most megalithic monuments across northern europe at this time are natural boulders. There's very little undressed stone at stonehenge. And the big sarsen monument, the stones are shaped very carefully. So for example, the lintels in the ring on the sarsen circle, these 30 lintels forming a perfect circle. The lintels themselves are shaped to reflect that ring. They have tongue and grooves that fit into each other. Even all the significant blue ns ar carved, are smooth on almost every surface.
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