Stonehenge's roughly 6 ... The sarsen stones are arranged in post-and-lintel formations that served to mark the seasons — and most archaeologists agree that Stonehenge was significant as ...

He had refused to cede guardianship of Stonehenge and, consequently, some stones had toppled, in one case causing the breaking of a horizontal lintel. Other stones were in danger of falling over ...

Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. Credit: Timothy Darvill ...

The bigger stones at Stonehenge, known as sarsens, weigh 25 tons (22.6 metric tons) on average and are widely believed to have been brought from Marlborough Downs, 20 miles (32 kilometers) to the ...

This perspective of Stonehenge, viewed from the northeast, shows the post-and-lintel construction of the sarsen stones. T. Darvill However, other experts weren’t convinced by Darvill’s argument.

Heather Sebire, English Heritage’s senior curator for Stonehenge, tells the Guardian that conservators are focusing their attention on Stone 122, a lintel piece that fell and cracked in 1900.

In the last quick moments, the Sun disappears from a window formed by two great vertical stones and the horizontal lintel they support. It's dark and cold. Stonehenge, it feels, has swallowed the Sun.

When it toppled, it took one of the top stones, known as a lintel, down with it. The lintel cracked in half, making these pieces the first Stonehenge casualties since 1797.