STONEHENGE Past Paper Out Of London

Question 1

Approximately what date did the
construction of Stonehenge
begin?

Question 2

Where do the Sarsen stones
come from?

Question 3

In which county is Stonehenge?

Question 4

How many Aubrey holes are there?

Question 5

What is the approximate weight of
the largest trilithon stones?

Question 6

What was the probable purpose of
the Durrington Walls site?

Question 7

What name do we give the Bronze
Age people buried around
Stonehenge?

Question 8

What solar event is celebrated at
Stonehenge around 21 June?

Question 9

What does ‘dressed’ stone mean?

Question 10

Where, in the area of the stone
circle, were cremated human
bones found in the 1930s?

Question 11

Which organisation manages
Stonehenge?

Question 12

How many Station Stones were
there?

Question 13

What was the purpose of the West
Kennet Long Barrow?

Question 14

Where were the Bluestones
brought from?

Question 15

Name the army camp located near Stonehenge.

Question 16

Name the 17th century scholar
who wrote about Stonehenge.

Question 17

When is:
a) winter solstice 2022
and
b) summer solstice 2023?

Answer 17

a)
b)

Question 18

Which part of Stonehenge is The
National Trust responsible for?

Question 19

What does “Trilithon” mean?

Question 20

What part of the body of the
Amesbury Archer was examined
to determine where he came
from?

Question 21

What method is used to lock the
Stonehenge lintels together end-
to-end?

Question 22

Give the dates for Phase I of
Stonehenge.

Question 23

What name is given to the Bronze
Age burial mounds in the area
around Stonehenge?

Question 24

What name is usually given to the
period between 12,000 and 5,000
BC?

Question 25

How many people are thought to
have been buried in the West
Kennet Long Barrow?

Question 26

Where does the Altar Stone come
from?

Question 27

Name the army camp next to
Stonehenge.

Question 28

How much did Cecil Chubb pay
for Stonehenge in 1915 (to the
nearest hundred)?

Question 29

Name the 18th century scholar
who recorded the Stonehenge
Cursus.

Question 30

How do you get from London to
Stonehenge using public
transport?

Question 31

What does the term “Mesolithic”
mean?

Question 32

Name the place in West Wales
which may have been the original
location of the bluestones.

Question 33

What tools were used to dig the
earthwork banks and ditch?

Question 34

During which period were the axe
blades and daggers carved on the
stones?

Question 35

How many Station Stones are
there?

Question 36

What material was used to build
the Durrington Walls henge?

Question 37

Which TWO organisations share the
care for the Stonehenge landscape?

Answer 37

(i)
(ii)

Question 38

Where does the Avenue at
Stonehenge lead to and from?

Question 39

Name the organisation which
administers Stonehenge.

Question 40

Name the feature, which is
thought to be Phase I of
Stonehenge.

Question 41

What percentage of an upright
sarsen stone was visible above
ground?

Question 42

Give ONE reason why Stonehenge
is unique.

Question 43

What type of pottery was found in
the “Stonehenge Archer” burial?

Question 44

Salisbury Plain’s geology consists
chiefly of which type of rock?

Question 45

Name TWO locations for public
toilets at Stonehenge.

Answer 45

(i)
(ii)

Question 46

Name the other major stone circle
which is part of the World Heritage
Site, as well as Stonehenge.

Question 47

What name is given to the linear
feature that provides a formal
approach to Stonehenge, and links it
with the River Avon?

Question 48

The sun rises behind which stone at
Stonehenge on around 21 June?

Question 49

Name the mountain range where the Bluestones come from.

Question 50

What is a henge?

Question 51

Which solar event is celebrated at
Stonehenge around 21 December

Question 52

Approximately how many people are
thought to have lived at the
Durrington Walls site, between 2800
and 2100 BCE?

Question 53

What is the approximate weight of
the heaviest Sarsen Stones?

Question 54

How many trilithons were there when Stonehenge was completed?

Question 55

Describe or draw a trilithon.

Question 56

What was ‘the Avenue’ at the
Stonehenge site thought to be?

Question 57

In 2002 the remains of a man
were found in a grave three miles
south-east of Stonehenge. What
name has he been given?

Question 58

Over what feature does new
research suggest that the new
Stonehenge Visitor Centre was
built?

Question 59

In which novel does Thomas
Hardy set a dramatic scene at
Stonehenge?

Question 60

How many trilithons were
originally at Stonehenge?

Question 61

What is the shape of the Neolithic
communal burial mounds in the
Stonehenge landscape?

Question 62

How many houses are thought to
have existed at the Durrington
Walls site?

Question 63

What was the main purpose of a Barrow?

Question 64

How many Aubrey holes are there?

Question 65

Where did the Sarsen stones come from?

Question 66

What is believed to be the significance of the HEEL stone?

Question 67

What is the oldest feature of the
Stonehenge circle?

Question 68

What name do we give to the Bronze Age people buried around Stonehenge?

Question 69

What solar event is celebrated at
Stonehenge around 21 December?

Question 70

What does ‘dressed’ stone mean?

Question 71

What is the approximate date of the Cursus?

Question 72

What was found in the Aubrey holes when they were excavated in the 1920s?

Question 73

What kind of tools were used for shaping the Sarsen stones?

Question 74

From the central point of the stone circle, at what time of year could early man see the setting sun framed by the Great Trilithon?

Question 75

With what culture is the Amesbury Archer associated?

Question 76

To what “Age” do the hundreds of round barrows around Stonehenge belong?

Question 77

Where, within 3 kilometres of Stonehenge, has a large stone monument hidden beneath the bank of a later henge been found very recently?

Question 78

Name another stone circle within 50 km, which is part of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.

Question 79

What name is given to the ring of fifty-six chalk pits at Stonehenge?

Question 80

“Stonehenge 100” in 2018 celebrates
the centenary of which event in its
history?

Question 81

The stone known as the Altar Stone is a slab of greenish sandstone. Where does it come from?

Question 82

Give the date of the summer solstice
in Britain in 2025.

Question 83

50% of the pieces of animal bone
excavated from the Blick Mead site
come from one animal. What animal
was it?

Question 84

Why was the Slaughter Stone so
called?

Question 85

Name the pioneering female
archaeologist famous for her
excavations of prehistoric sites on
Salisbury Plain.

Question 86

Shallow carvings of which TWO
objects decorate some of the upright
stones of the trilithons?

Question 87

What does the term “Mesolithic”
mean?

Question 88

Name the place in West Wales
which may have been the original
location of the bluestones.

Question 89

What tools were used to dig the
earthwork banks and ditch?

Question 90

During which period were the axe
blades and daggers carved on the
stones?

Question 91

How many Station Stones are
there?

Question 92

What material was used to build
the Durrington Walls henge?

Question 93

Which TWO organisations share the
care for the Stonehenge landscape?

Answer 93

(i)
(ii)

Question 94

Where does the Avenue at
Stonehenge lead to and from?