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Salisbury Plain

American  

noun

  1. a plateau in S England, N of Salisbury: the site of Stonehenge.


Salisbury Plain British  

noun

  1. an open chalk plateau in S England, in Wiltshire: site of Stonehenge; military training area. Average height: 120 m (400 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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From there, however, people would still have had to move it hundreds of kilometers to Salisbury Plain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Among the places visited is Stonehenge, the megalith circle on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

On Thursday, British authorities charged a pair of climate change activists for vandalizing Stonehenge, a prehistoric megalithic structure on a chalk plateau known as the Salisbury Plain.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024

People watch the midsummer sun rise over the megalithic monument of Stonehenge on June 21, 2005, in Salisbury Plain, England.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 19, 2023

A similar school has been started at Glen Imaal in Ireland, and a new training ground has been opened on Salisbury Plain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

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