Stonehenge Replicas
Earlier this week archaeologists began excavating Stonehenge in an attempt to decide once and for all exactly when this enigmatic monument was constructed.
Stonehenge has most certainly been around many thousands of years, meaning there has been plenty of time for people to build loads of rip-offs and copies, most of them in the US.
Stonehenge II in Texas is a replica made from wire-mesh “stones” a bit like giant Papier-mâché. Strangely, the stones are about 90% the width of the originals, but only 60% the height – and if you make your way out to see the monument you’ll find it’s flanked by beer-bellied Easter island Moai. Obviously.
There’s ground level pictures on Flickr and more information at Roadside America.
Our second Stonehenge replica is found at Missouri’s University of Science and Technology is at least made of stone, this time made from 160 tons of granite carved with high pressure water jets. Sadly it’s only ½ the size of the original.
There’s also a ground level picture on Flickr.
East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania have a small replica which they apparently dubbed “Stroudhenge”.
Montana’s Stonehenge is located on a private golf course in Montana, and is claimed to be the most accurate replica ever built. But no-one’s been able to confirm that as the golf club is so exclusive.
Lastly, it’s difficult to see from the satellite photos, but Truckhenge whilst not a faithful reproduction certainly scores points through being constructed entirely in the medium of trucks. More info and pictures on Kansas Travel.
Thanks to Henderson Smith, James, FBK and others.
Previously on Google Sightseeing we’ve featured Stonefridge, Maryhill’s Stonehenge, the Segway Inventor’s Stonehenge and a little-known version in England simply called “Stonehenge“.
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I can’t belive you left out Carhenge near Alliance, NE.
Here it is on Google Maps.
There is also a stonehenge replica in Washington near the oregon border a long hwy 97. A google maps link is Placemark: Here / Google Earth
Forgot a link to a couple of websites about the stonehenge replica in Washington state:
http://www.experiencewa.com/v5/interactiveGallery/vrPage.aspx?id=15
and
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WA-Stonehenge.html
You left out the one in Placemark: Maryhill WA / Google Earth as well.
CraigD: Who needs carhenge when you can have one entirely built out of refrigerators!?
As the owner of stonehenge.com, thank you! I actually didn’t know about a couple of these. Of course, I picked Stonehenge Consulting Services after having visited the Maryhill version near my home, but had not been to the “real” stonehenge until nearly 15 years later. It was quite a treat. Now I’ll have to go visit these others as well!
There’s also a Placemark: replica / Google Earthin the state of Washington by the Columbia River.
D’OH! Others beat me to it. haha
… and in a some 1000s of years archaeologists from the future will dig up one of these replicas and wonder what it’s function was and by whom it was built…
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We’ll go back in time to that mystic land (AHHHHHHHHHH)
Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow (AHHHHHH)
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I will show you how (AHHHHHHH)
http://www.andersonmasonryinc.com/montanastonehenge.php
It may be an exclusive country club, but the contractor still wants to brag. The slideshow is nice.
What is with these 1/2 scale Stonehenges? It seems to me they are in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.
@Christina – well found, but why on earth have they got kilted bagpipers in one of the slideshow photos? They do know that Stonehenge is in England, and not Scotland I hope…
Cool little animation cramming 4500 years of the ‘Henge into a minute.
This video might not work outside the UK (its wot we pay our license fee for innit!)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7322444.stm
I subbed recently, and this post makes me glad I did. Not only did you do a great job with the post, but the comments added a lot as well.
@ cookie monster: I can confirm that the video works outside the UK without having paid any license fee whatsoever.
Which is a bit of a strange system, anyway. Living in dark & dangerous Europe I probably wouldn’t be able to pay any license fee even if I would want to (I don’t). But why would other people on this earth not be allowed to take notice of the sublime British Culture?
Ehm… never mind…
Have you crazy cats heard of….. Foamhenge?
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/VANATfoamhenge.html
Yeah. Styrofoam.
It’s not exactly a replica, but I found this Placemark: Stonehenge-esque artwork / Google Earth in a Tukwila, WA business park. I originally spotted it on Google Maps, and then went to see it. I have ground-level pictures of it somewhere…
Kansas has another Henge, named Prairiehenge. Created by artist Stan Herd, Prairiehenge is located on Bill Kurtis’ Red Bufalo Ranch outside Sedan, Kansas.
Stonehenge II in street view
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
For many more see this blog: Clonehenge
http://replicahenge.wordpress.com/
There’s a page listing 47 large, permanent replicas and there are scores of smaller and less permanent ones listed, including butterhenge, cookiehenge, cheesepuffhenge, peephenge . It goes on and on!