Stokehenge in Stockton Brook is probably the most important prehistoric monument in the whole of Stoke and has attracted visitors from all over North Staffordshire and beyond! Just last week I met someone there who had come all the way from Buxton!
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| Stokehenge |
The Stokehenge that we see today is the final stage that was completed about 3501 years ago. The first Stokehenge was probably a large ditch, used by locals for fly-tipping, built around 3101 BC. The second and most dramatic stage of Stokehenge started around 2151 BC when big rocks from the Roaches in the Staffordshire Moorlands (near to the "winking man") were brought to the site.
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| The "winking man" rock formation |
The stones were dragged by local pigmy slaves down through Leek, Longsdon and Endon and arranged in the formation we all now know and love.
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