Stonehenge, how it was built and what it means?

Stonehenge is unique among megalithic monuments in its appearance but all along the west coast of Europe they were building huge stone monuments since around 4000 BC, including some with even bigger stones than Stonehenge (the grand Menhir in Brittany was over 80 feet high; tombs in Spain & Ireland have capstones over 140 tons.) The largest stones at Stonehenge are about 45 tons (the sarsens) while the smaller bluestones are about 4-5 tons, though the amazing thing about the bluestones is they were brought over 100 miles from Wales! It was built using sheer manpower, and it was modelled on a wooden structure (it has mortise and tenon joints just like in woodwork.) The smaller stoneswould have been gloated down rivers on rafts, the bigger ones were dragged about 20 mi overland, on log rollers on sledges. The stones would have been tipped into pre-dug pits over A-frames, then packed with smaller stones. the lintels would have been put up by using some kind of wooden stacking (like prehistoric scafolding) to raise them level by level till they reached the top. Gut or fibre ropes would have been used as well. People seem to imagine these tribesmen were some kind of grunting apemen who couldn't figure ouyt anything. In fact they were just like us in evey way, including intelligence.Bring one back in a time machine, give him an education and he could be a rocket scientist or brain surgeon-no problem.They lived in houses, farmed and tended livestock, and had big wooden buildings as well as stone structures. As to its use, well, without adoubt there was ritual/religion going on. There were over 200 people buried in holes around the henge bank, and the fields are full of burial mounds. It's also aligned on the rising midsummer sun and the setting midwinter solstice sun; it may also have lunar alignments. So probably a temple to the ancestors and to the sun/moon which would have been considerd great spirits or deities. Unlike what the poster before me said, there are actually carvings on some of the stones, mostly axes (which are regarded as a sun symbol)but also a dagger, a square box (that may represent a death-goddess), a grid and a few other possible lines,holes and symbols.

The most likely way Stonehenge was built, was that the people who lived in that area and at that time, would have used long, wooden logs, to roll the rocks that fell off huge cliffs to the site, and then used ropes to haul them up. Of course, this didn't happen quickly, it happened over a long period of time. As for what it was meant for, no one really knows. Archeologists are trying to find out, but they can't find anything really... no bits of pottery, no tablets with inscriptions on them, and of course, Stonehenge itself has no carvings on it's great stone pillars... so no one will know. My theory is that it was a temple, for ancient people who worshipped some strange god or goddess. Some believe that at a certain point in the Summer Solstice, the sun would shine in a certain way through Stonehenge. I think this might have had something to do with it's purpose. But I also think that it could have also been a tomb, they buried their dead within all it's circles, and worshipped their strange god or goddess when the sun was at it's right position, and at that time, they had a ceremony for their dead. But that's just my theory. Hope I helped :) :)

Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge could possibly have served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.[5] The dating of cremated remains found on the site indicate that deposits contain human bone material from as early as 3000 BC, when the initial ditch and bank were first dug. Such deposits continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years Now some tell me about the people who built these unbelievable statues knew all about gravity and the way to use gravity to their advantage. Some say aliens came here and gave the people the knowledge. These questions have been asked for centuries and will continue to be unanswered way after you and me are far gone from this world.

In 'Through the Wormhole' (a show on Discovery science) there was an episode about how it is impossible for a primitive civilization to built many of our ancestors' works. They researched the possibility of alien influences, or in other words: extraterrestrials whom influenced ancient Earth. It is possible that such aliens used 'levitation technology'. With this type of technology, it is possible to counteract gravitational forces, and makes objects of any size 'levitate'. Perhaps our ancestors retrieved or shared this technology, and used it to create Stonehenge. Just one of the many theories, though...

Well: Every`since I was a child.,. I think that I can only re`call seeing just a few things `bout [Stonehenge] that might've shared OPINIONS !?! , spoke about how some THINK it was built !?! Some coclusion may've come about or spoken of as`far as this !?!... Seems like I almost always got sick of waiting til the end of most things that I've seen to go off before I'd turn !! or turn it OFF ! ? ! ... Now what I've gathered mostly Is that it started off as or was mainly used for religious cermoms/worship, & I've seen or heard things that had me thinking that if it was'nt used for worship or sacrifices!?! Maybe it was built out of bordem !?! lol... & ...

try the link below, it shows how most of the 'theories' can be refuted with simple logic.

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