Maryhill Stonehenge, World War I memorial sculpture in Klickitat County, United States.
Maryhill Stonehenge is a concrete war memorial in Klickitat County, built to the measurements of the British original. The structure stands on a cliff above the Columbia River and consists of upright columns arranged in a circle.
Samuel Hill had the monument built in 1918 to commemorate fallen soldiers from the First World War. It was the first memorial of this kind in the United States after the war ended.
The stone arrangement carries memorial plaques with the names of soldiers from the region who fell in wars of the 20th and 21st centuries. Visitors can walk between the columns and read the inscriptions, while the view over the river shows the width of the landscape.
The site opens daily from 7 in the morning until dusk, admission is free. Parking spaces are located directly next to the structure, the paths are mostly level and easy to walk.
The altar stone follows the astronomical alignment of the English model and points in a particular direction at sunrise on the summer solstice. This structure belongs to the few monuments worldwide built according to ancient celestial principles.
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