Stonehenge, a prehistoric megalithic stone circle engineered during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, is located in which English county?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Wiltshire
- Step 1: Stonehenge stands on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire and consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones topped by horizontal lintels, enclosing smaller bluestones.
- Step 2: Aligned with the solstitial sunrise and sunset, it was inscribed jointly with Avebury as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.
Answer
Wiltshire
Why not the others: 'Devon' Devon is situated further southwest and contains Dartmoor and the Jurassic Coast; 'Cornwall' Cornwall lies on the southwestern tip of Great Britain, famous for tin mining landscapes; 'Yorkshire' Yorkshire is located in northern England and contains Fountains Abbey.
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