The Heel Stone

United Kingdom / England / Larkhill /
The Heel Stone is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork, close to the main road (Highways Agency A344). In section it is sub-rectangular, with a minimum thickness of 2.4 metres, rising to a tapered top about 4.7 metres high.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_Stone
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Coordinates:   51°10'45"N   1°49'31"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago