Height of tallest stone7.3 m
10.6Tennis rackets
2,433Snowflake crystals
29.2Screwdriver lengths
The tallest sarsen stone in the trilithon
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Stonehenge
A prehistoric mystery of massive standing stones on Salisbury Plain/Ancient Structures
Stonehenge was built in stages over roughly 1,500 years starting around 3000 BCE, and we still argue about exactly why. The largest sarsen stones weigh about 25 tonnes and were transported from Marlborough Downs, about 40 km away. The smaller bluestones came from Wales, some 240 km away, which is a truly absurd distance to carry a rock without a truck.
Measurements
Mass of heaviest stone25,000 kg
250,000Newborn pandas
3.2 tenthsSpace Shuttle orbiters
4.2 millionthsGreat Pyramids of Giza
Heel Stone weighs approximately 25 tonnes
Outer stone circle diameter33 m
18Vending machine heights
653AA battery lengths
Average sarsen stone mass22,700 kg
1.5 thousandthsBrooklyn Bridge masses
3,575Bowling balls
3.4 millionthsHoover Dam masses
Each sarsen in the outer ring weighs about 25 tons
Average sarsen height4 m
1.67Golf cart lengths
64.5 billionHelium atoms
1.4 tenthsBasketball court lengths
Outer circle stones
Stone circle area855 m²
95,000Phone screens
17,100Tortillas
81.4Trampoline surfaces
Area enclosed by the outer stone circle
Distance bluestones were transported240,000 m
48,980Garage doors
16 billionWhite blood cells
1.2 millionCucumber lengths
From Preseli Hills in Wales