<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged into Stonehenge . (Discuss) Proposed since November 2016 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged into Stonehenge . (Discuss) Proposed since November 2016 . </Td> </Tr> <P> The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge has long been studied for its possible connections with ancient astronomy . The site is aligned in the direction of the sunrise of the summer solstice and the sunset of the winter solstice . Archaeoastronomers have made a range of further claims about the site's connection to astronomy, its meaning, and its use . </P> <P> Stonehenge has an opening in the henge earthwork facing northeast, and suggestions that particular significance was placed by its builders on the solstice and equinox points have followed . For example, the summer solstice sun rose close to the Heel Stone, and the sun's first rays shone into the centre of the monument between the horseshoe arrangement . While it is possible that such an alignment could be coincidental, this astronomical orientation had been acknowledged since William Stukeley drew the site and first identified its axis along the midsummer sunrise in 1720 . </P>

The portal doorway of the archaeological site of stonehenge is aligned to coincide precisely with