General facts
Stones
Simple machines
Theories
Visiting
100

Stonehenge was started this many years ago

What is 5,000?

100

The country scientists believe the bluestones were dragged from

What is Wales?

100

Stones were placed on wooden sleds and roller over logs, then pulled by groups of people using ropes.

What are rollers and sleds?

100

The far-fetched theory that Stonehenge how built.

What are aliens?

100

You can't walk among the stones. True or False

True

200

Stonehenge is located here

What is Wiltshire, England?

200

The two main types of stones.

What are sarsen stones and bluestones?

200

Bluestones may have been floated on rafts along rivers an costlines, then dragged the rest of the way on land.

What is water transport?

200

The magical wizard thought to have constructed Stonehenge.

Who is Merlin?

200

You can visit the inner circle with close access to the stones with this.

What is a special access ticket?

300

After the first stage was completed the site consisted of these

What is a ditch, bank, and holes?

300
They dragged the stones without this key invention
What is the wheel
300

Using wooden levers and stones as pivots, builders sowly lifted and adjusted massive stones into position.

What is the lever and pivot method?

300

The religious group thought to have built Stonehenge.

Who are the Druids?

300

The busiest time of the year to visit Stonehenge.

What is summer?

400

Some of the stones weighed this many tons

What is 40?

400

They sit horizontally on top of the upright stones.

What are lintel stones?

400

Some believe glaciers moved certain stones closer to the site during the Ice Age, reducing how far people had to transport then.

What is the Ice Age movement theory?

400
Researchers at the university college London claim that Stonehenge was built for this
What is an annual feast
400

Includes exhibits, a cafe, restrooms, annd a small museum with artifacts and replicas.

What is the visitor center?

500

This many stones remain in the current ruins of Stonehenge

What is 43?

500

Builders locked lintel stones in place using this type of construction/carving

What is a tongue and groove joints or carving?

500

Builders likely piled dirt into ramps to slide stones upward, thenn removed the dirt once stones were set upright.

What are earth ramps?

500

The most likely theory how Stonehenge was built.

What are humans?

500
Stonehenge attracts this many visitors a year
What is 800,000
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