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Stonehenge: Then and Now

Prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, raised in stages between about 3000 and 2000 BC.

As it was
Stonehenge, as it was
Stonehenge photographed in 1877. Edwin J. Acott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The ruins today
Stonehenge, the ruins today
garethwiscombe, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todayUnited Kingdom
StatusRuins
Date500 BC
Nearest city on the mapLondon (about 124 km)
Location51.179° N, -1.826° E
Map showing Stonehenge in 500 BCStonehenge
Border map for 500 BC. See Europe in 500 BC.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–2 BCCelts
1 BC–99Unclaimed / no data
100–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Constantinus)
400–499Western Roman Empire
500–599Anglo-Saxons
600–799Cantia
800–999Wessex
1000–1199England
1200–1299Angevin Empire
1300–1491English territory
1492–1599England
1600–1782England and Ireland
1783–1814United Kingdom
1815–1937United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1938–todayUnited Kingdom

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