Stonehenge II Near Hunt, Texas

Stonehenge II at Ingram, Texas, by Carol Highsmith.

Stonehenge II at Ingram, Texas, by Carol Highsmith.

Outside of Hunt, Texas, once stood Stonehenge II, a copy of the original Stonehenge, located more than 3,500 miles away on the Salisbury Plain in England.

Sixty percent as large as the original, the Texas Stonehenge was built by Al Sheppard and Doug Hill, two visionary Texas cowboys with money to spend and time to spare.

Texas Stonehenge in Ingram, Texas, by Carol Highsmith.

It all started when Doug Hill had finished pouring a patio in 1989. Left with a spare limestone slab, he offered it to his friend and neighbor, Al Sheppard.

Sheppard liked how the stone looked and soon planted it upright on his property, but he wasn’t sure people could see it from the road. From there, Al and Doug built a 13-foot arch behind the monolith, and that was just the beginning. Soon, a circle of “stones” began rising from the earth.

Doug Hill began fabricating stone “look-alikes” from steel, metal lathe, and plaster. Painted and anchored with cement, these fabrications look like the real thing. After about nine months, their masterpiece was complete. Or, so they thought.

Some 18 months later, two 13-foot-tall Easter Island look-alikes were added, silently guarding the Stonehenge masterpiece.

Al Sheppard passed away in 1994, but the property remained in his family until 2010. After the property was sold, Stonehenge II was relocated to the Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, Texas, just off Junction Highway at 120 Point Theater Road South.

One of two fabricated Moai, or Easter Island statues, added to "Stonehenge II" in the Texas Hill Country. Photo by Carol Highsmith.

One of two fabricated Moai, or Easter Island statues, added to “Stonehenge II” in the Texas Hill Country. Photo by Carol Highsmith.

More information:

Hill Country Arts Foundation
120 Point Theatre Road
Ingram, Texas 78025

©Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated March 2023.

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