/?sto?n ?s??.k?l/acircleoflargestones, usuallystandingstones, put inpositionbypeopleinprehistorictimes(= theperiodbefore there were writtenrecords):(史前环状)巨石阵Avebury is the world'slargeststonecircle,stretchingacross28acres.埃夫伯里有世界上最大的史前环状巨石阵,绵延28英亩。Britain's firstmonuments-stonecircles,linesandcairns- arealmost5,000yearsold.英国最早的纪念碑性质的建筑,即石阵、石线和石冢,有近5000年的历史。/GettyImagesMore examples
Less than amileto thenorthwestis anotherstonecircle, the Ring of Brodgar,dramaticallysitedonraisedground.
About 3000 B. C.,evenbefore thestonecirclewasbuiltat Stonehenge,woodenpostswereerected.
Thisregionof Portugal isscatteredwithprehistoricremains,includingover adozenmegalithicsiteswithdolmens,standingstonesandstonecircles.
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