It appears not to be local heathstone, but a foreign sarsen. |
Three of the five sarsen trilithon lintels are in place, with the other two on the ground. |
It is thought that there were originally 98 sarsen standing stones, some weighing in excess of 40 tons. |
The Heel Stone lies north east of the sarsen circle, beside the end portion of Stonehenge Avenue. |
Within the sarsen circle are the five impressive trilithons, forming a horseshoe-shaped ring of huge stones. |
Atkinson's records suggested that the Q and R Holes predated the sarsen circle and trilithons, but Darvill and Wainwright's excavation in 2008 cast doubt on this stratigraphic relationship. |