Station Stone 2 (Stonehenge)

United Kingdom / England / Larkhill /
 rocks, historic landmark
Another of the solstice markers. The Station Stones are elements of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
Originally there were four stones, resembling the four corners of a rectangle that straddles the inner sarsen circle, set just inside Stonehenge's surrounding bank. Two stood on earth mounds at opposing corners, one corner broadly in the north of the site and one in the south. The mounds are called the North and South barrows although they never contained burials. The ring ditches surrounding these barrows respect the presence of Stonehenge's encircling bank indicating that they postdate this feature.
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Coordinates:   51°10'43"N   1°49'32"W
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