There are many theories to why Stonehenge was built, which one do you believe to be true?
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.There has always been intense debate over quite what purpose Stonehenge served.
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according to druid lore many of these are true. it was a gateway to the gods a gateway to the otherworlds it is allegedly 1 of the most magical places in druidic history especially on the longest and shortest days of the year i also read in a book that before the druids time it was a very religous alter where there were sacrifices made to the the gods thats supposedly what makes it a gateway to the otherworld and also to the gods. theres quite a history behind it and we will probably never know exactly why or how it was built. -
Answered To mark two events, the longest and shortest days of the year, which would allow people to chart the changing seasons.
There was actually two thing s it was used for one is the changing of the seasons and for religious rites, these people were called druids. -
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Sun Cycles for a yearly ritual is my prediction. If you look at the way it was built ( the original layout of it) you’ll notice that the alter stone and Heel stone will only line up when the sun comes up in a certain month and day of the year, or should I say the sun will only beam through the heel stones and onto the alter stone once per year (in this case the 21st of June (or the summer of solstice) if you look at the way Stonehenge is laid out it is laid out towards the rising sun with the Heel stones as focus points. At this point in time (the summer solstice) they probably had some type of ritual or ceremony focused around this day. Not really to sure, this is just a guess after all hehe. -
Answered To mark two events, the longest and shortest days of the year, which would allow people to chart the changing seasons.
my dad says he would choose this one... He likes to research these kinds of things. However, he thinks that it was used for more than two events. I tend to agree with him. -
Answered To mark two events, the longest and shortest days of the year, which would allow people to chart the changing seasons.
A giant clock...this thing was basically an attempt to enter the Guiness Book of World Records for largest sun-dial ever built by ancient civilization. -
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I reckon it was a brothel...should a been anyhow...the stones remind me of the furniture at the 'Susquahana Rose' in Nacadocious. There was this one trolip named Bobby-Louann, more tatoos than teeth...too ugly to sneak-up on people...but she was my darlin! -
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I believe it was built as a practical joke to confuse later generations and trick them into traveling thousands of miles to witness a millennium's old prank.
In fact, I visited Stonehenge several years back and i'll never forget my initial and subsequent internal reaction.
Initial internal reaction - "hmm...this is really bizarre..."
30 seconds later
Subsequent internal reaction - "I don't get it, what is this thing, why am i supposed to be impressed by oddly shaped and placed stones. I traveled 3 hours on a stinky bus with total strangers for this...this is not that interesting. When is the bus scheduled to leave" I'm hungry. I wonder if i'm allowed to sit on the stones while I eat. These stones are pretty comfortable. Hmm...wonder who that officer is running towards.....(thump)." -
Answered Holy place for religious rituals and ceremonies
I had the pleasure of visiting Stonehenge in 2005. Based on the difficulty of moving and erecting the large stones, I would surmise the location was a place of great sprititual significance consistent with a pagan holy site...plus aliens prefer to land only after carefully creating crop circles.
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I reckon it was a brothel...should a been anyhow...the stones remind me of the furniture at the 'Susquahana Rose' in Nacadocious. There was this one trolip named Bobby-Louann, more tatoos than teeth...too ugly to sneak-up on people...but she was my darlin!