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Stonehenge - Salisbury Plain
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Stonehenge is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the whole of Britain and is the most important prehistoric monument and is located on Salisbury Plain.
Stonehenge is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the whole of Britain and is the most important prehistoric monument and is located on Salisbury Plain.
Constructed in three phases, the final stage was completed about 3500 years ago and it is estimated that the construction required more than thirty million hours of labour.
In 1986, the site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in a co-listing with Avebury henge monument, and it is also a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The Crown owns Stonehenge but is managed by English Heritage with the surrounding land owned by the National Trust.
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