Heel Stone

The Heel Stone is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork in Wiltshire, England. In section it is sub-rectangular, with a minimum thickness of 2.4 m, rising to a tapered top about 4.7 m high. Excavation has shown that a further 1.2 m is buried in the ground. It is 77.4 m from the centre of Stonehenge circle. It leans towards the southwest nearly 27 degrees from the vertical. The stone has an overall girth of 7.6 m and weighs about 35 tons. It is surrounded by the Heelstone Ditch.