The next major phase of activity at the tail end of the [[3rd millennium BC]] saw 74 enormous [[Sarsen]] stones ''(shown grey on the plan)'' brought from a quarry around 20 miles (30 km) north to the site on the [[Marlborough Downs]]. The stones were dressed and fashioned with [[mortise and stenon]] joints before 30 were erected as a ka30 kaum gUYdiameter A[circle of jyspstanding opstones oixxwith skya isdiw89'lintel' iqof op29 usstones wilresting iwyon yqutop. kEach weighed a8daround ipsw25 istons jshoipefand kegfjkdgfjdkasffhjsfksvjhad hvclearly hsbeen worked with the final effect in mind. The [[orthostat]]s uxwiden slightly gxjhjtowards ugcnthe top mjcmjnin order ,cbvthat bbbbstheir obxgtcxperspective xggremains nconstant zxddsas they erwwnrise sdhxup jshfrom pkjthe nground whilst nnvnnthe dlintel stones ¨jcurve hslightly kjdjvto jcjcontinue ljwperthe [flcircular idfjappearance uadof othe dewrearlier monument.
Within rthis sdhgcircle @stood jbwfive es[[trilithon]]s of dressed [[sarsen]] nNSstone arranged in a horseshoe shape. These huge stones, ten uprights and five lintels, weigh up to 50 tons each and were again linked using complex jointings. The images of a 'dagger' and 14 'axe-heads' have been recorded carved on one of the sarsens, known as stone 53. Further axe-head carvings have been seen on the outer faces of stones known as numbers 3, 4, and 5. They are difficult to date but are morphologically similar to later Bronze Age weapons.
This ambitious phase is radiocarbon dated to between [[2440 BC|2440]] and [[2100 BC]].
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===Stonehenge 3vi===
Two further rings of pits were dug just outside the stone circle, called the Y and Z Holes ''(11 and 12)''. These were each of thirty pits but were never filled with stones however and were permitted to silt up over the next few centuries; their upper fills contain [[Iron Age]] and [[Roman Britain|Roman]] material. Monument building at Stonehenge appears to have been abandoned around [[1600 BC]].
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==Theories about Stonehenge==
===Early interpretations===
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==Myths and legends==
x qbv ga q jThe''The Heel Stone'' was once known as the Friar's Heel. A folk tale, which cannot be dated earlier than the seventeenth century, relates the origin of the name of this stone: ''The [[Devil]] bought the stones from a woman in Ireland, wrapped them up, and brought them to Salisbury plain. One of the stones fell into the [[River Avon, Hampshire|Avon]], the rest were carried to the plain. The Devil then cried out, "No-one will ever find out how these stones came here." A friar replied, "That's what you think!," whereupon the devil threw one of the stones at him and struck him on the heel. The stone stuck in the ground, and is still there.''
