Bruce Bedlams Stonehenge

[gogogeedus]

I believe that stone henge was an ancient grain store,an ant hill of grain was covered by a roof,it was filled from the top and emptied through gaps at the base,that's my theory,and the ditch around the outside was a mote to keep rodents out,

[mnvinn]

Agree with edwardtang1977 but I don't think that was the only reason or main.

[TheIncredibleO]

Since they have allready discovered that there was a village surrounding the henge, and that it was built of only timber and clay floors, it makes perfect sense that they planned on starting with a stone frame work idea to insure longivity of the possible temple that Geoff has described, and now that we know that this was a death temple, it all fits together.

[TheChanclasVerdes]

Obviously Stonehenge was the largest solar furnace made in ancient times... duh!

[SLORRIFJART321]

If it was a building then why even bother with the stones?

[edwardtang1977]

this is stupid . They built it on a vortex point because that was the point where levitation is possible. the vortex point then moved north east and that is why there are lay lines with buildings in different times. They knew they had to leave a message to the us so they used the stones to protray or solar system of a specific time..probably when the aliens will come back.

[Xtramentalstencilist]

If Stonehenge was covered (with roof) then it most definitely was a

CAMERA OBSCURA!

[5thDMaster]

I think your ideas on the complete design are in the "ball park". My idea is that this henge was a machine that harnesses human consciousness & creates a powerful cosmic antenna where one could download knowledge from the universal Internet. Your model is excellent. I would go inside that structure 4sure. 

[YunaOnLostworld]

Interesting looking building maybe your right but what be the point of the gaps between the Sarsens if nothing be seen through and the notches on one of the lintels that looks like calendar markings.

[Mrmorlam1]

I'm leaving another comment here because I love this idea. It makes perfect sense to me as a problem solver and as a Pagan. Huge lengthy wooden walkways existed over parts of England and Ireland in the past, before the Roman invasion wiped out alot of it, which have only recently come to light. The craftmanship was there for sure and there's no reason I can think of why this wouldn't be the case at Stonehenge. The Romans came for gold and destroyed how much? No one knows for sure. Great work!

[Nightwithe]

it was an ancient whore house, you could get a whore for almost nothing there...

[pyramidiot1]

i think stonehenge is smug imho

[slightlymooshed]

thats a lot of soil...

[brucebedlam]

Look at the natural lay of the land and you will see the cut-away of soil between the Cursus and the bottom of the Processional Avenue. Several people over the centuries have suspected its man-made! Could this be where the soil came from?

[Goetterhand]

Grüße aus der Oberlausitz!

[brucebedlam]

The news of Stonehenge is in Germany. Fantastic! Thank you my friend.

[Mrmorlam1]

very interesting indeed.

[littlemikmaqcmcm]

that pretty belifveable

[brucebedlam]

If Stonehenge had been square or rectangular in shape - it would have obviously have been a building. 4000 years ago they made their buildings round. Just like Stonehenge!

[MockStoneLLC]

yea, why would druids (people who use the power of nature) want to be in nature?

they would TOTTALLY kill a entire forrest to make that plywood...

[GeoffCoope]

Of course they would have used wood, its the main building resource, imagine their world where trees were allowed to grow untouched by modern machine.  StoneHenge and Woodhenge next door wouldn't have made a scratch.

[MockStoneLLC]

well, besides the point i think there the first tree huggers, why would they be inside? if it is alighned to the sun and moon and such?

[Fdmeister]

looks like an ancient disko :)

[bubbledom]

more astonishingly is the fact that the numbers of the stones and their positions indicate the precise position of stonhenge on the globe.

yes, of our modern longitude and latitude lines and points.

[bubbledom]

I think that if there would have been glass over stonehenge... we would have found the glass sometimes.

Further I wouldn't find it very practical wanting to observe the exact position of earth in a closed room...

see ?

[kevinwafer]

Very good, it's fascinating to visualise possibilities like this! Afterall, we only see today what remains of monuments, forgetting all the materials that would have been distroyed or removed.

[mcowtan]

Your assertion that the poeple of that time were "too precious" to stand in the rain is utterly preposterous... do you think they took umbrellas when they went hunting for whatever vicious animals lived at that time, or did they look out the window and order take out!

[GeoffCoope]

Ok, so with your logic, when they weren't hunting did they all just stand around in the rain or would they have the intelligence to use shelter? Even gorillas hold leaf fronds over their heads in the rain.

[brucebedlam]

The Y Z holes have been left open and allowed to fill in naturally over time. They have been dated by the sedimentary evidence in the holes. What I am saying is - the dating of the holes only began once they became holes. They were dug much earlier but had stones in them, so the dating only came in much later, after the stones were removed.

[BrontovoxCoUk]

Thank you for watching my video. I also believe that the Aubrey holes were simply post holes. They form no part of my observatory theory. Nor does the Heel stone nor other assorted post holes. You will notice that I only make use of the Sarsens (circle and trilithons). There are only a limited number of possible alignments, which are described in my book.

How have you dismissed the date of the Y and Z holes, described in "Hengeworld" as seven centuries after the Sarsens were erected?

[brucebedlam]

I watched your video - Stonehenge Astronomical Observatory. I can see how you made the alignments through the stones. Hundreds of alignments have been made over the centuries. There has also been alignments to the Sun, Moon and Stars with the Aubrey Holes. I believe the Aubrey Holes were simply post holes for an outer perimeter fence.

[BrontovoxCoUk]

[..continued from earlier]

In other words, the purpose of the Sarsens would not necessarily have been originally to support a roof.

My own theory is that the Sarsen phase was for a very special purpose. Watch my video "Stonehenge Astronomical Observatory" to see an entirely new theory. I think there can be room for both our theories, but not at the same date. The Aubrey holes also need to be discussed... Bruce, I would very much appreciate your opinion on my theory. Regards.

[BrontovoxCoUk]

In "Hengeworld" published in 2001 page 166 it states: "The dates suggest they were dug some seven centuries after the sarsen circle they enclose was erected, yet they mirror its circuit and the number of its stones." Has there been a re-evaluation of the dates since publication? Good point about fire. Many of Avebury's stones destroyed in that way in 18th century.

[brucebedlam]

The Y Z holes were dug at the same time as the Sarsen Circle. They only became holes when the stones were removed - many years later. To remove a stone you dig a small hole at one side of the stone and light a fire. This cracks the stone into pieces! Many of the Y Z holes have had fires in them at one side, evidence that they did have a stone in them originally.

[BrontovoxCoUk]

The graphics are excellent!

It does seem likely that the Y and Z holes had some sort of association with the Sarsen circle uprights, since they are in line radially with the stones.

However, the radiocarbon dating evidence indicates that the Y and Z holes were dug some seven centuries after the Sarsens were erected. It is possible that there was some sort of roofed structure, but would have been constructed towards the end of the usage of the site.

[continues..]

[Apple2012Gate]

thats cool

[brucebedlam]

I looked at the Trilithon's from the main entrance on the Summer Solistice line and from this position all the stones looked the same size. The stones next to me looked bigger and the stones farther away looked smaller, so the illusion was that these huge stones were set out in a circle - as if holding up the roof.

[kypzethdurron]

Very interesting and plausible... is this just a possibility or do you think it's likely?

[brucebedlam]

The word "Monument" comes from the word building and means "to remember". Buildings of high status were not built at random but in such a way that they could be rediscovered. Our ancestors knew as long as the stones remained the information would be carried and Stonehenge would last forever. I am absolutely 100% sure it was a building.

[brucebedlam]

The Trilithon's are set out in a horseshoe shape. They are also different sizes with the biggest one at the centre and the next two being smaller and the next two after that are smaller again. I make a scale model of the building and went inside with a mini camera to look at the Trilithon's from inside.

[WtChilly]

The inner C shape of the rocks doesnt coincide w/this theory. That C formation seem pointless??

I feel these stones were uncovered little by little over years of erosion & time.. Like a reverse form of an hourglass we know today.. Instead of falling sand,wind blew the sand away.. "THEY" knew this would take place..

Those stones were dropped in holes (dispite

belief)..

The bases (or feet) of the stones would be exposed over time..

Almost like a countdown of sorts?

2012-2016 Maybe?

[JesFerHodg]

Very good teory

[brucebedlam]

The main belief is that the Y Z holes were dug by mistake or they just gave up and lost enthusiasm. If this was so, they would have filled them in because this was a very important place.

I believe the building was completed and in use for many years. It must have gone into decline and became a ruin. Only then did they remove the Y Z stone footings along with many other smaller stones. Thankfully the bigger stones remained and Stonehenge survived as we see it today.

[brucebedlam]

It is commonly believed that the Y and Z holes were dug much later. The process of calculating the age the hole is by looking at the sedimentary evidence. The Y Z holes only became holes once the stone footings were removed.

The Y Z holes are about 5ft long 3ft wide and 3ft deep. To remove a stone of this size, you dig a small hole at one side of the stone and make a fire. This will crack the stone and then it is easily removed. Many of the Y Z holes have had fires in then on one side.

[wroland]

Correction to my last: the Y and Z holes are around 1,000 years younger!! (stones around 2500 BC, Y and Z holes around 1600 BC,) I was so bemused by the theory my heads gone as soft as this interpretation

[wroland]

Utter nonsense, for example the Y and Z holes that brace the beams in this reconstruction are almost 1000 years older than the stones, the guy should do some homework ....

[JohnDeBunkTest]

Stonehenge was a building alright, just not the one pictured here.

[THEGlobalAwakening]

I think you're probably right!

Well done, and thanks!

GlobalA.

[WyattKaldenberg]

Interesting theory

[brucebedlam]

It is wonderful that people from all over the world are looking at Stonehenge with an open mind. Many are challenging the old way of thinking! The truth is coming and no one can stop it.

[thr3eto1]

i think that it was build by aliens.....

[PreFBurns]

Nice model B.

HTv the model you show is not mechanicly feasible noting a fishing reel travels at a 180 degree angle when traveling vertical either up or down the shaft which has 2 90 degree angles at the base of the shaft.

Would not pulling the objects damage the land markings (fully visible by an aerial veiw) if the land markings (not fully visible by land) were created prior to the last object.

Why are you writing or saying sapo = frog?

[brucebedlam]

Some people who looked at my model of Stonehenge suggested a glass crystal in the apex of the roof. My first thought was - how ridiculous! Even so, I had to investigate it. Glass had been around for thousands of years, this was their most important place. If there was a glass crystal in the apex, the moment the sun rises, the first light would be reflected down into the building. During the day, the sun would appear to be in the apex itself.

[PreFBurns]

If they did not have glass in Britain they

may have imported it?

I noticed a rainbow in the model? Was the

intent to note a prism effect of the glass

acting as a sun light?

PreFBurns

Classified,(pun intended):-)

[GeoffCoope]

A light dispersion effect through the glass crystal object would have occurred but the roof had panes of glass to provide interior lighting, as would opening all the doors. We actually tested the dispersion effect on a small scale version of the crystal in a scale model of the roof on a sunny day and the prism effect was clearly visible on the ground.

Geoff

[PreFBurns]

GeoffCoope,

very interesting. They used prism lights for

pre-flight sattelite test. The test were conducted indoors inside of a chamber that

could be heated very fast with sunlight simulation from the prism lights, and then

the satellites could be frozen. Classified

[GeoffCoope]

As to the glass been imported, I think Bruce said it could have been irish white sand but the technique for making glass would have certainly come from over seas.

I remember Bruce telling me about making small black beads of glass as an initial stage.

One challenge would have been cooling the glass without it exploding. But this is 3rd hand info, if you wish to discuss the glass in more detail then I am sure Bruce has many explanations and theories.

Cheers

Geoff

[WtChilly]

The inner C shape of the rocks doesnt coincide w/this theory. That C formation seem pointless??

I feel these stones were uncovered little by little over years of erosion & time.. Like a reverse form of an hourglass we know today.. Instead of falling sand,wind blew the sand away.. "THEY" knew this would take place..

Those stones were dropped in holes (dispite

belief)..

The bases (or feet) of the stones would be exposed over time..

Almost like a countdown of sorts?

2012-2016 Maybe?

[brucebedlam]

Professor Atkinson was responsible for creating a lot of alignments. Every stone is positioned in orientation to the Summer and Winter Solstice also North, South, East and West. Even though there is a roof covering nothing is lost. The building still calibrates the day, month and year. I believe it was for them, the hub of the world, where time revolves and the seasons connect.

[brucebedlam]

I believe that all thirty lintels were fitted together at the same time. To support them all on wooden scaffolding would be very precarious and dangerous working at such a great hight. A soil mound can be adjusted to alter the hight of the work platform. It would be easier, safer and much more practical, considering the huge weight of the stones.

[brucebedlam]

Woodhenge was a place where hundreds of people would gather and debate over a period of days. It was only when they had come to a decision that it was then taken to Stonehenge. Stonehenge was a place of endorsement, of authority and power, where proclamations where made and whatever decision had been made where finalized and approved.

[brucebedlam]

There is no natural source of water at the site. All the rainwater ran down the roof to the ten points on the ground. There was no guttering or drips and no run off. I believe the rainwater was collected at these points and used by the people within.

[brucebedlam]

The ground is sloping, I think this was for any rain water to drain away from under the building. The thirty lintels of the Sarsen Circle which support the roof, is a perfect circle and was absolutely level.

[brucebedlam]

The Trilithons are set out in a horse shoe shape with the biggest in the middle, farthest away from you. The two smallest are the closest and look much bigger. So, from the position at the entrance the perspective is that all five appear to be the same hight and in a perfect circle. A fantastic ilusion, the Trilithons appear to be holding up the roof but it was only when you walked forward that you suddenly realized that nothing was holding up the roof.

[brucebedlam]

It has been suggested that the YZ holes were dug after Stonehenge was built and then left to fill in over time. I believe they were dug at the time Stonehenge was built and they only became holes years later when the stones were removed.

[sonofherne]

I also have a problem with the way you are saying the lintels were erected. Earth mounds there would be evidence for. Is it not more likely that wood scaffolding was used? Wood was in abundance and rots away. They were skilled woodworkers, we know this from Durrington Walls and Woodhenge.

[sonofherne]

SH as you know gradiates towards the west. If there was a roof it would askew. I know you have suggested it was a meeting place rather than ritual. If that's the case, why the burials in the banks and aubrey holes and why is there no domestic rubbish, as archaeologists have found at Durrington Walls? A thatched or wood roof would leave archaeological debris behind, like snail shells, and a gully would have formed from fallen rainwater.

[sonofherne]

contin... The roof theory seems redundant. The stones align on the solstices, why hide them? I'm not sure what you are saying about this glass top? No glass has been found of that period in Britain, and what effect would they get from this? Your diagram also does not show the Great Trilithon as being bigger than the rest.

[sonofherne]

Bruce. You mean well and have obviously invested a lot of time and energy into proving your theories, but they are fundementally flawed.

I presume the holes you refer to are the x and y holes, rather than the Aubrey holes? The x and y have been proven to not hold anything and are LATER than the construction of the monument. If its the Aubrey holes you mean, they were there before the stones were erected.

[Cinderella86]

Bruce strikes again!

[HengeTV]

A very nice animation, and surely the way they erected the stones, but not with that purpose.

Stonehenge and all other henges were cranes to pull and move heavy loads, as for example big stones.

Visit YouTube HengeTV:

uk-youtube-com/watch?v=BgoVQTK­0-9I

henges-no-sapo-pt

[GeoffCoope]

Hi Phil.

I received the Uni 4th year award for creativity and excellence, very happy. All this was possible because of Bruce's amazing story and his non-stop passion about Stonehenge.

Everybody wants to know about his theories. It's him that deserves the credit really.

Geoff

[philippabolton]

Oh WOW!

That is so cool Geoff. It's very nicely done and the voiceover is very professional. I believe you got presentation of the year for this and now I can see why. Well done, looking forward to seeing your next masterpiece! -- Phil

[janerubin]

Someone with vision has to expose us to a new idea before we can see it for ourselves! I have read the book (Merlin Built Stonehenge) and marvelled at the explanation of every last detail of how this could be achieved by ordinary men and women, possibly within decades rather than over several hundred or thousand years. A decent-sized replica of the Stonehenge building should be erected on site, so people can walk inside and feel the power of the enclosed space. Well done Bruce!! Jane Rubin