Examples of henge in the following topics:
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- Perhaps the best known megalithic henge is Stonehenge, located on Salisbury Plain in the county of Wiltshire in south central England.
- Constructed over several hundred years in the third millennium BCE, the monument comprises a large henge with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the center of the monument.
- Experts date the construction of the central cove to 3000 BCE, the inner stone circle to 2900 BCE, the outer circle and henge to 2600 BCE, and the avenues to 2400 BCE.
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- Where they appear in groups together - often in a circular, oval, henge or horseshoe formation - they are sometimes called megalithic monuments.
- In the British Isles, the best-known type of megalithic construction is the stone circle, or henge, which is a prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc.
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- Wei mechanical engineer Ma Jun is considered by many to be the equal of his predecessor Zhang Heng.
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- The Song engineer Su Song admitted that he and his contemporaries were building upon the achievements of the ancients such as Zhang Heng (78–139), an astronomer, inventor, and early master of mechanical gears.