You can get your kicks on Route 66 while touring Rolla, Missouri, and you can also experience a bit of Druid Europe at the University of Missouri campus. Here, a modified scale model of Stonehenge was carved by students more than twenty years ago. A Druid priest dedicated the megalith on June 20, 1984, on the summer solstice.
Built to showcase the stone carving capabilities of the university’s high-pressure water jet lab, this Stonehenge is reportedly accurate to within 15 seconds when used as a clock.
The half-sized replica, utilizing some 160 tons of granite, was carved in a month with high-tech equipment, a feat that would have taken decades in ancient times.
In 1984, the University of Missouri-Rolla received one of the prestigious National Society of Professional Engineers Awards for the Stonehenge project. These awards are typically given for items such as the space telescope.
Today, this monument to the past and the future sits on the northwest corner of the University campus at 14th Street and Bishop Avenue, inviting students and visitors to stop by and admire this fantastic accomplishment.
Rolla, Missouri’s Stonehenge, photo courtesy University of Missouri-Rolla.
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University of Missouri-Rolla
1006 Kings Highway
Rolla, Missouri 65409
Phone: 573-341-4365
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated March 2025.
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