Stonehenge, too, has been known to exhibit unusual acoustic effects; it hums in strong winds, for instance. And in 2017, researchers from London's Royal College of Art found that its igneous ...

The 1:12 scale model Stonehenge was created by researchers from the University of Salford in collaboration with Historic England, who oversee the famous Wiltshire-based archaeological site.

A team from the University of Salford constructed the model to explore the effects Stonehenge's unique structure would have had on sounds such as conversations, rituals and music.

Stonehenge Lego, as Cox dubbed the model, was assembled assuming that Stonehenge’s outer circle of standing sarsen stones — a type of silcrete rock found in southern England — had originally ...

To recreate the ancient temple’s soundscape, scientists, led by Professor Trevor Cox, made a 1:12 scale model of what Stonehenge would originally have looked like before half its stones were ...

Creating a model of Stonehenge as it looked and sounded more than 4,000 years ago took nine months. It was built to study how the acoustics of the ancient monument affected speech and music.

Sound reverberated inside Stonehenge thousands of years ago, according to a new study. Researchers in the UK used a scale model to study the acoustic qualities of the mysterious monument built ...

The model helped researchers to get inside the heart and soul of Stonehenge, and hear what ancient Britons would have thousands of years ago. By Joel Day 03:00, Fri, Feb 7, 2025 ...

Scientists Map Stonehenge’s Soundscape Study of small-scale model sheds light on how conversation, music moved through the massive monument ...

To create the replica, Cox first received a computer model from English Heritage, allowing him to better understand what Stonehenge looked like at its fullest configuration, around 4,000 years ago.

Sounds produced inside circle would have been less audible to anybody outside, research finds ...