Generation of scholars and people
have been determined to solve the question of who built and what was
the use of these megalithic monuments?
Apparently, they can be found all over
Northern Europe
It has been established that
Stonehenge was built not only with two different circles but also two
different times. The most impressive stones are the great sarsen stones. The
remains of the circle erected 4000 years ago were built in around 2100 BC and
2000 BC. It is the outer circle. This circle was the third set of stones
erected
The first set of stones was erected
on the same site at around 3100 and 2300 BC. Nowadays, all that remained from
this structure is a bank, a ditch, two standing stones which is the entrance
and the Heel Stone. It is the Heel Stone over which the sun rises on Midsummer
Day and the moon on midwinter night.
The second circle still more standing
which was constructed by the Beaker folk 500 years later. The Beaker folk were
named after the great drinking vessel found in their tombs. That circle had 82
bluestones which in an upright circle and weighing up to 4 tonnes. The stones
came from Prescelly Hills which is 217km away. They could have brought is by
sea, river or overland. Whichever way they done it, it must have been
an enormous undertaking.
It had been established that they
were adding new construction and changes up to 1100 BC. After that the
site fell in disuse because people moved to the more fertile valleys.
Even to these days everybody is
amazed how these people could have moved and erected these stones. It is agreed
that they must have had a well organized community to achieve such a monument.
After all it is an elaborated design, precise in measurement and alignment.
The giant sarsen stones came from
Marlborough which is 30km away. Each stones weigh roughly 26 tonnes. It was
scientifically established that it would take 1000 men to erect one stone into
position. It was also established that it would take more the two million man
hours to build the sarsen circle and the trilithon arches. Another amazing fact
is that the capping stones are set properly with mortise and tendon joints. Inside
the circle there are five separate arches. They are in a horseshoe design and
facing the Heel Stone.
The Druids are using Stonehenge for
their ceremonies every year However, as much the Druids trying to claim it is
wrong because it was built 1000 years earlier before the Druids arrived in
Britain. Whoever built Stonehenge it was for rituals and ceremonies for about
60 or 70 generations? The Druids now using it for their annual summer solstice
ceremony.
Last year it was a disgrace how they
left it. The rubbish which was left behind; it looked like tip. It is
incredible to leave such a monument littered with rubbish.
UPDATE ON
STONEHENGE
Stonehenge was always shrouded in mystery and people added
even more mystery to it over the centuries.
Archaeologists and scientists were determined to find out the real
reason of being built and its use.
For almost a century it was thought the rocks were brought
from Pembridgeshire’s Presli Hills. Now
it was discovered that the blue stone of the outer circle came from another
hill which is a mile away.
X-rays were
used, by geologists, which revealed that the blue-stones did not come from Carn
Meini but from Carn Goedog. Although this revelation confirms one thing it
still did not bring us closer how these ancient people managed to build such a
monument.
Stonehenge has been established that it was built 4,500 years
ago but is still a mystery how they carried those big stones 150 miles from
Wales to Wiltshire.
Dr Bevins has two theories. They were either moved by man or
by the last glaciers during the Ice Age.
Stonehenge, most probably, will never let go of its secret.
Richard Bevins thinks he will not get any Christmas cards
anymore from the archaeologists after he was responsible for making them dig in
the wrong place for about 90 years.
Stonehenge is the most famous of all stone circles but there
are many more right across Europe and Ireland.
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