stonehenge

[froggo]

is it really possible that stonehenge was created by dragging the stones for miles some of them are huge and how the heck did they lift them?

[Big Al1st]

The stone is supposed to come from South Wales I believe and yes they wer supposed to have dragged them to stone heng, but why that place I dont think anyone really knows.

One theory is that they did not lift the stones. Rather built huge mounds of earth, dug big holes in the mound , pulled the stones up to the top and tipped them into the holes standing upright. Then they got the cross stones, laid them in place ontop of the upstanding stones, then dug the earth mound away and there you have it.

[Imp y Celyn]

they were stolen from us boyo

[andy-hughes]

It's entirely possible that the stones were rolled on felled trees to move them, and remember, there would probably have been unlimited labour involved, so sheer brute forcce would always win in the end.

The endless enigma is, why did so many people join together to build the monument?

[froggo]

also if it is somesort of holy monument is it sacrelige to make it a tourist resort and make people pay to see it?

[Imp y Celyn]

it has to be preserved somehow and i don't see that the druids filling the colleciton plate once a year will do that.

[carolegif]

There was an article in the paper last week that it is now believed that they were brought to Salisbury Plain by a glacier and that the people just used them as they were so large and available. Erected them as explained in the previous email.

Apparently they have found axeheads and other things made from the same stone - could be offcuts I suppose!
carolegif

[Tatty Rollox]

...... and to remind us here it is at http://tinyurl.com/rxt5k . Surely it must have been a very selective glacier as I have not heard of any similar buried or unused stone(s) on the plain around there ....

[Grunty]

The only connection with the Prescelly Mountains in Wales is that this is the nearest location to Stonehenge where that kind of rock is found. The rest is conjecture. There is another theory (no more than that) that they were brought from Ireland. Although the route is longer, most of the travel would be by sea and river, and the transport of the rocks would be much easier.

[spudqueen]

Stonehenge is just one of many stone structures around the world that defy any kind of rational explanation. For a people whose primary motive was surely to survive it makes no sense to me for them to spend several generations building such huge astronomical timepieces, especially when commonsense and other animals can be used to tell you what time of year it is (should you really need to know in the first place.)

I recommend you read the works of Zecharia Sitchin for a more interesting explanation as to what was going on all those years ago. Fascinating stuff.

Mr Spudqueen

[nickmo]

And the one in Brazil is causing all sorts of interest too: see

[Rumford]

Actually, Stonehenge was going to be the site of a major Iron Age football stadium but it went so far over budget that they only got round to putting up the scaffolding, the remains of which you see today. (:-)