Stonehenge bluestones brought from Wales
c. 3000 BC · Event
Some 80 bluestones are hauled about 150 miles from the Preseli Hills, probably by sledge and boat, for the first stone monument at Stonehenge.
On these timelines: Wales, The Bronze Age, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
More from Wales
- Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1282)
- Laws in Wales Act 1535 (1535)
- National Assembly for Wales established (1999)
- Edward I's conquest of Wales (1277)
- Gruffudd ap Llywelyn unites Wales (1055)
- Owain Glyndŵr's revolt (1400)
- Aneurin Bevan (1897)
- Edward I creates his son Prince of Wales (1301)
Around 3000 BCE
- Invention of writing (Sumer) (3200 BCE)
- First Dynasty of Egypt founded (3100 BCE)
- Stonehenge (3000 BCE)
- Austronesian expansion begins (3000 BCE)
- Hieroglyphic writing emerges (3200 BCE)
- Skara Brae settlement (3180 BCE)
- Newgrange built (3200 BCE)
- Caral / Norte Chico civilization (3000 BCE)
- Maya Long Count calendar baseline (3114 BCE)
- Beaker culture expansion (2800 BCE)