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The history of Stonehenge
“Hello, can you help me please?” asks Jean-Luc. “Where am I?” The man explains to him that he must have time travelled through the door because others have come here the same way. He tells Jean-Luc that he has time travelled back in time to Southern England where the Stonehenge was built. He asks Jean-Luc if he’d like to…
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The Megaliths of Stonehenge
They continue their walk and Jean-Luc is quite surprised to see that man in the water dressed like that. He sure is happy that they don’t dress like that in the Candy Kingdom. The man continues to talk about the Stonehenge. ‘Stonehenge’s sarsens, of which the largest weighs more than 40 tons and rises 24 feet, were likely…
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Who Built Stonehenge?
‘According to the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose tale of King Arthur and mythical account of English history were considered factual well into the Middle Ages, Stonehenge is the handiwork of the wizard Merlin. In the mid-fifth century, the story goes, hundreds of British nobles were slaughtered by the…
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Yet others believe …………………
‘Most scientists agree on the modern theory that three tribes built Stonehenge at three separate times. In approximately 3000 B.C., it is believed the first people to work on the site were Neolithic agrarians. Archaeologists named them the Windmill Hill people after one of their earthworks on Windmill Hill, which is near…
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Stonehenge’s Function and Significance
Jean-Luc is loving this! He can’t wait until he gets back home to share it with his friends. ‘If the facts surrounding the architects and construction of Stonehenge remain shadowy at best, the purpose of the arresting monument is even more of a mystery. While historians agree that it was a place of great importance for…
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Building Stonehenge
“So how was it built?” asks Jean-Luc. “Those stones had to be so heavy to move!” ‘Stonehenge was built in a number of stages. Around 3000 BC an earthwork enclosure was built, consisting of a circular bank and ditch. Around 500 years later, the stones were brought to the site and erected; these were mainly large sarsens…
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Transporting and raising the stones
‘Transporting the stones - There are two types of stone at Stonehenge – the larger sarsen stones and the smaller ‘bluestones’. The sarsen stones are a type of silcrete rock, which is found scattered naturally across southern England. For many years most archaeologists believed that these stones were brought from the…
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Why Was Stonehenge Built?
‘Theories run the gamut, casting Stonehenge as anything from an ancient healing center to an alien landing site. ‘Although it’s one of the world’s most famous monuments, the prehistoric stone circle known as Stonehenge remains shrouded in mystery. Built on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, Stonehenge was constructed…
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Other theories
'Recently a radical new theory has emerged—that Stonehenge served as a "prehistoric Lourdes" where people came to be healed. This idea revolves around the smaller bluestones, which, researchers argue, must have been credited with magical powers for them to have been floated, dragged, and hauled 145 miles (233 kilometers)…
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Facts about Stonehenge
‘Stonehenge once was put up for auction - Starting in the Middle Ages and for centuries afterward, Stonehenge was privately owned. By the late 1800s, crowds of visitors had taken a toll on the site. Sir Edmund Antrobus, owner of the land on which Stonehenge is situated, resisted calls from preservationists to sell the…
