Henges: Stonehenge, Woodhenge, Avebury & Stanton Drew

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[slightlymooshed]

Not sure about the spectator sport idea? Not because its a daft but because once you have reached a conclusion - your mind stops thinking about the problem - I think its far more interesting to keep saying "Stone circles... we really don't know but...." Can we really observe what is going on? Can we objectively see what is there - rather than what think should be there? Interesting.

[bottman2512]

@slightlymooshed Absolutely - but it's not a conclusion, it's a suggestion based on long, hard thinking, standing at the actual sites and tied in with some very interesting archaeological evidence. But it might be as wrong as wrong can be, but it would take a very strong argument against for me to drop it. Many people react against it simply because they don't want it to be but given that it wasn't all that long ago and what we know of human nature - I think it stands up.

[slightlymooshed]

@bottman2512 - Have you considered that the view of the spectator may be purpose of this experiment? It is a very interesting observation that the viewer can see the whole scene and yet the person in the scene cannot see the observer. Its all very quantum. Perhaps our ancestors liked to play around with these ideas?

[bottman2512]

@slightlymooshed Experiment? Sorry, you've lost me - I'm not sure what you mean.

[slightlymooshed]

@bottman2512 Whoops - I forgot to say that I was bonkers and think that some of the circles etc. are physical manifestations of our ancestors trying to understand the world they live in... a bit like using apparatus to conduct an experiment in order to answer questions - like "Why does the sun move in this pattern year after year" (its difficult to convey my meaning in this limited manner but hope you see what I mean.) Great stuff, love the visuals. Thanks for sharing.

[bottman2512]

@slightlymooshed Congratulations on being bonkers and knowing it! How refreshing. The world would be a beter place if everyone knew they were bonkers!

[BEERIOUS]

There is absolutely no evidence for this being gladiator arena. A henge is for no other purpose than astronomy; the circular mound around the ditch creates a false and uniform horizon so that precise measurements of stars can be made. The ditch full of water is a reflecting pool, the nine concentric circles are reference points from which measurements were taken. The man in this video is either poorly informed or deliberately misleading. I suspect the latter.

[BEERIOUS]

@abarrathemaster haha it wouldn't be aligned to just any stars, my friend. Also solstice and equinox, as well as moon alignments are often prominent. No offence, but your comment makes it clear that you don't know a lot about these things( or about spelling). Look deeper man, I guarantee you won't regret it. Or just satisfy yourself with this strange notion that man is a beast... That must be a very limiting belief and I am sorry that you think that way.

[gogogeedus]

been to support a floor made of wood to keep something or somebody above the ground similar to the stumps of a wooden house.I will let you join the rest of the dots.

[gogogeedus]

I think it is much more likely that these structures had a practical use and you need to consider that ancient civilizations concentrated most of there energy on surviving and I think this must be a primary consideration when trying to determine the history of these sites.

the first thing that I would suggest about this sight is that the purpose of the ditch around the out side could be to keep pests out.so it would be a guarded area.

the second thing I would say is that the timber may have-

[kitarajumala]

wow, bizarre but cool idea.