Stonehenge

We have been researching and discovering all things Stone Age this half term. We have looked at family life, how they survived and how it developed into the Bronze Age. 

Today we looked at Stonehenge. It is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, and its stones can be seen from miles away. It is a ring of approximately 100 standing stones that are each about 13 feet high, seven feet wide and weigh around 25 tons! It is thought to have taken hundreds of years to create.

Using playdough, we had a go at recreating Stonehenge. It took about 15 minutes and our 'stones' were considerably lighter that the original!

 







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