Stonehenge Ancient Stone Circle

The great and ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the world. What visitors see today are the substantial remnants of the last in a sequence of such monuments erected between circa 3000BC and 1600BC.
Stonehenge and Avebury were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1986.

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[johndelaparra]

Stonehenge is probably the most important prehistoric monument in the whole of Britain and has attracted visitors from earliest times. It stands as a timeless monument to the people who built it.

[TheKanonHara]

@johndelaparra

actually i built it

[sonofherne]

It is unlikely the stones were raised with earthen ramps as that would leave traces in the archaeology at the base of the stones. The people who built it were wood workers & its more likely they put the lintels on using scaffolding. The lintels themselves are not just resting on top, they are hooked on by mortice & tenon joints--a woodworking technique. The lintels are relatively light-about 4 tons.The surrounding mounds are burial sites.

[MrSgtkrauser]

hmmm i think is look like ufo pod for me ^_^ that all a guest

[kaderoder]

Magnetic + - and gravity. Shh.. dont tell anyone.

[FLSHBK1]

@JohnJuanUnited The builders were probably farmers, or at least farm-familiar. That means they were accustomed to moving dirt around and already knew how to build implements for digging. I have no theory about the arrival of the stones. But once they were there, a hard-working Company of Marines could duplicate the 'dirt' method in a few weeks. SonofHerne says they had a few thousand folks to build this. More than enough for this simple method. Why complicate it? Work Smarter, Not Harder.

[FLSHBK1]

@JohnJuanUnited Any scholarly people who responded to my hypothesis told me it couldn't have been done that way. They insinuated other (unspecified) methods which were far more complicated and seemingly impossible. I remain convinced the holes were dug, the upright columns were slid into the holes, the 'table top' stones were slid over the uprights, then the dirt was removed. When some of the structures collapsed, they werent fixed because THEY NEVER COULD LIFT THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.

[FLSHBK1]

I think Stonehenge was built by digging pits where they wanted the upright columns to be, then dropping stones into the holes. Drag the 'table top' stones over the columns and REMOVE THE DIRT and you're done. They're all the same height, where the hilltop was. Some miscalculated columns collapsed when the dirt was removed ~ they had no way to fix that because they really couldn't "LIFT" 32 ton stones. The surrounding 'hills' or 'mounds' are probably the removed dirt. Just my guess. Yes? No?

[jacksawild]

@swebbo It's a pointless question because anyone who answers it, and there will be many, is lying. Nobody knows. All we know for sure is that they exist. I'm not happy about our lack of knowledge but we do have to accept it, at least for now.

[delpha3110]

stone henge can be seen in its priginal form on programme jupiter moon .what one the same as the one next to the spinx one on Y the closed 3c T

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