Secrets of Stonehenge by Nova
Name: ______________________
1. What was the time period when Stonehenge was built?
2. There are smaller stones inside the exterior stones of Stonehenge. What are these called?
3. Where did the smaller stones come from(country)?
4.
What decade of the 20th century were there discoveries of human bones during excavations at
Stonehenge?
5. When these bones were excavated, a search for a museum to house them, was not successful.
What year were the bones reburied, due to no museum wanting them?
6. The bones that were found in Stonehenge were:
a. male
b. female
7. Stonehenge is referred to as a:
a. bone circle
b. stone circle,
c. timber circle
d. family circle
8. Were there other stone circles across the British Isles? Yes or No
9. About how many stone circles still exist in the British Isles?
a. 1000
b. 500
c. 2000
d. none
10. Scholars investigating Stonehenge in the 18th century noticed that the entrance to Stonehenge faces
the rising sun on what day of the year?
a. shortest day of the year, the winter solstice
b. longest day of the year, the summer solstice
11. Archeologists believe that Stonehenge may be a:
a. monument to the dead
b. monument to the living?
12. Archeologists discovered that stone was used to symbolize the dead. What was used to symbolize
the living?
13. What shape is a henge?
14. Two miles north of Stonehenge sits the giant henge of Durrington Walls. Nearly identical in size to
Stonehenge. This henge at Durrington Walls is called what type of circle?
15. Settlements were discovered at Durrington Walls. Stongehenge and Durrington Walls were linked
by the summer solstice and what other solstice?
16. What river is connected to the Stongehenge and Durrington Walls mystery?
Extra marks:
1. Who built Stonehenge?
2. How was it built?
3. Why was it built?
Secrets of Stonehenge by Nova
Name: _____Resource___________
1. Around what time period was Stonehenge was built?
2. There are smaller stones inside the exterior/outer stones of Stonehenge. What are the small
stones called (color)?
3. Where did the smaller stones come from (country)?
4. What decade (10 year period 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, etc.) of the 20th century did they find
human bones at Stonehenge?
5. When these bones were found/excavated, a search for a museum to house them was not
successful. What year did they rebury the bones?
6. The bones that were found in Stonehenge were:
a. male
b. female
7. Stonehenge is referred to as a:
a. bone circle
b. stone circle,
c. timber circle
d. family circle
8. Was Stonehenge the only stone circle across the British Isles? Yes or No
9. About how many stone circles still exist in the British Isles?
a. 1000
b. 500
c. 10
d. none
10. Scholars investigating/researching Stonehenge in the 18th century noticed that the entrance to
Stonehenge faces the rising sun on what day of the year?
a. shortest day of the year, the winter solstice
b. longest day of the year, the summer solstice
11. Archeologists believe that Stonehenge may be a:
a. monument to the dead
b. monument to the living?
12. Archeologists discovered that stone was used to symbolize the dead. What material was used to
symbolize the living?
13. What shape is a henge?
14. Two miles north of Stonehenge sits the giant henge of Durrington Walls. It is nearly identical in size
to Stonehenge. This henge at Durrington Walls is called what type of circle (refer to question 7 for a
possible answer)?
15. Settlements were discovered at Durrington Walls. Stongehenge and Durrington Walls were linked
by the summer solstice and what other solstice (think of the seasons)?
16. What famous English river is connected to the Stongehenge and Durrington Walls mystery?
Extra marks:
1. Who built Stonehenge?
2. How was it built?
3. Why was it built?