Bluestonehenge
ancient monument, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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Bluestonehenge was a prehistoric monument located on the banks of the River Avon in Wiltshire, England. It was part of the larger Stonehenge complex and consisted of approximately 25 Welsh bluestones, likely transported from the Preseli Mountains in Wales. This site, discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project, is believed to have been used for cremating bodies before their remains were interred at Stonehenge itself. The stones from Bluestonehenge were later dismantled and moved to Stonehenge.1
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