All Stonehenges Everywhere

This page is a list of things that have been called, at one time or another, ‘Stonehenge‘.

None of them could be mistaken for Stonehenge, and I don’t think that any of them have been intended as replicas of Stonehenge[1].

However at some stage, some journalist or blogger, in trying to describe some thing or event has decided to use Stonehenge as a metaphor – they’ve described something as ‘the Stonehenge of the Fens’ or ‘the Martian Stonehenge’ or something similar.

This, then, is a record of the usage of a particular ‘turn of phrase’, a linguistic quirk, a Stonehenge-inspired journalistic cliche.

Stonehenges of the Middle East

• Armenian Stonehenge – Qarahunge
• Holy Land’s answer to Stonehenge – Rujm al-Hiri
• Syrian Stonehenge – area near Deir Mar Musa
• Turkish Stonehenge – Gobekli Tepe

Stonehenges of the Antipodes

• Aboriginal Stonehenge – Wurdi Youang

European Stonehenges

• Alderney’s Stonehenge – The Alderney Stones
• Carlisle’s Stonehenge – Rickerby Park
• France’s new Stonehenge – Kerdruelland
• Irish Stonehenge – Court Tomb, Magheraghanrush
• Italian Stonehenge – Calabria, southern Italy
• Leeds Miniature Stonehenge – Skelton Grange Environment Centre
• Romania’s Stonehenge – Sinca Veche
• Scotland’s Stonehenge – Callanish
• Sighthill’s Stonehenge – Sighthill Park stone circle
• Sweden’s Stonehenge – Ales Stenar
• The Lake Districts Stonehenge – Castlerigg
• The Stonehenge of the Fens – Flag Fen Causeway

African Stonehenges

None typed up yet

North American Stonehenges

• America’s Stonehenge – Chimney Rock Archaeological Area in Colorado
• Augusta’s Stonehenge – Savannah River flood defences
• Brooklyn’s Stonehenge – ‘yarn-bombed’ trees
• Hellertown’s Stonehenge – Saucon Trail barrier
• Salina Stonehenge – Dawns Silver Lining Sculpture
• Super bowl Stonehenge – large Roman numerals
• The Stonehenge of Canadian Politics – Elizabeth May
• The Stonehenge of the Rockies – Falcon Circle

South American Stonehenges

• Brazilian Stonehenge – Calceone, Amapa

Stonehenges on Other planets

Footnotes

1. For Stonehenge replicas I would direct you to my favourite website on the whole internet – Clonehenge [↩]