Heel Stone, Stonehenge

Name: Heel Stone
Address: Stonehenge, United Kingdom

#19 among attractions in Stonehenge

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The Heel Stone is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork in Wiltshire, England. In section it is sub-rectangular, with a minimum thickness of 2.4 metres, rising to a tapered top about 4.7 metres high. Excavation has shown that a further 1.2 metres is buried in the ground. It is 77.4 metres from the centre of Stonehenge circle. It leans towards the southwest nearly 27 degrees from the vertical. The stone has an overall girth of 7.6 metres and weighs about 35 tons. It is surrounded by the Heelstone Ditch. ()

Coordinates: 51°10'44"N, 1°50'2"W

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Stonehenge United Kingdom

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Heel Stone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonehenge Cursus, Bush Barrow, Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge Landscape.

0.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Cursus, Stonehenge
16 min walk • The Stonehenge Cursus is a large Neolithic cursus monument on Salisbury plain, near to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. It is roughly 3 kilometres long and between 100 metres and 150 metres wide.
0.6 miS
Archaeological site
Bush Barrow, Stonehenge
15 min walk • Bush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age, at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex, having produced some of the most spectacular grave goods in Britain.
0.6 miS
Archaeological site
Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge
17 min walk • Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery located about 0.6 miles south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.
~1320 ftE
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge
7 min walk • The Stonehenge Landscape is a property of The National Trust, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the neolithic monument of Stonehenge, which is administered by English Heritage.
0.4 miE
Ruins, Mysterious site, Historical place
Stonehenge, Amesbury
11 min walk • Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient avenue on Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.
~1750 ftNW
Archaeological site
Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge
9 min walk • The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus. The cemetery contains around 18 round barrows scattered along an east-to-west ridge, although some of the mounds are no longer visible.
0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
North Wessex Downs, Stonehenge
16 min walk • The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
~1730 ftE
Observatories and planetariums
Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge, Stonehenge
9 min walk • The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge has long been studied for its possible connections with ancient astronomy. The site is aligned in the direction of the sunrise of the summer solstice and the sunset of the winter solstice.
1.1 miE
Archaeological site
Coneybury Henge, Stonehenge
29 min walk • Coneybury Henge is a henge which is part of the Stonehenge Landscape in Wiltshire, England. The henge, which has been almost completely flattened, was only discovered in the 20th century.

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Nearby attractions include Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge (7 min walk), Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge, Stonehenge (9 min walk), Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge (9 min walk), Stonehenge, Amesbury (11 min walk).