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=Name: Nathan Bodlovich= =Subject: SOSE= =Teacher: Mr Ognenis= =Due Date: 17 May 2010=

=Introduction:= =Stonehenge is an ancient ruin in southwest England. It consists of huge rough cut stones put into a circle.= = =

=Archaeologists have determined that Stonehenge was built in three phases over about 1,500 years. Starting around 3100 B.C., Late Stone Age people dug a circular ditch about 360 feet in diameter at the site. They piled material removed from the ditch along its outside to construct a low earthen wall, producing a structure known as a ditch and bank enclosure. The pits were discovered by the British author John Aubrey and became known as “Aubrey holes.” They may have originally held wooden posts. Over the next few centuries, ancient people used the Aubrey holes and the ditch for the burial of burnt up remains. =

=Reference: http://worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar534820&st=stonehenge=