Stonehenge, Salisbury, UK

Salisbury, England
Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salisbury.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is one of the most iconic pre-historic sights in Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, with a mysterious and amazing story that's thought to reach back more than 5,000 years. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones. Inside is a ring of smaller bluestones. Inside these are free-standing trilithons, two bulkier vertical Sarsens joined by one lintel. The whole monument, now ruinous, is orientated towards the sunrise on the summer solstice. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred tumuli (burial mounds).
Archaeologists believe that Stonehenge was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.
The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986.
Old Sarum
Explore hill forts and Iron Age ruins
Old Sarum offers a glimpse into the long and rich past of Salisbury. It's thought to have hosted human settlers from as far back as the 3rd millenium BC. These include a full hill fort from around 400 BC, along with Roman roads, the remains of Saxon-era dwellings and a Norman church. Together, all that chronicles the journey of English history in the Salisbury area in a single, uber-immersive site.
Salisbury Cathedral
One of England's greatest Gothic masterpieces
Salisbury Cathedral is the great centerpiece of Salisbury town. You can't miss its soaring buttresses and Gothic turrets. It's one of the undisputed must-sees of the area. The historic importance of the site is hard to overstate. First, it holds perhaps the most well-preserved copy of the Magna Carta. Second, it lays claim to the highest church spire in the country. The building is considered one of the finest examples of the English Gothic style.
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