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One Of Stonehenge’s Biggest Stones Traveled 430 Miles — But How?

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No one is certain why Stonehenge was built. This world-famous monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire is thought to commemorate the dead and is aligned with the movements of the Sun and Moon.

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