Quick guide Age estimated at 3100 BC Location Wiltshire, UK OS Reference SU 122 422 Type of stone Bluestone, Sarsen, Welsh Sandstone Worship Lunar, Solar Access English Heritage – there is a charge to visit the stones Extra notes Except on special occasions, visitors are unable to walk amongst the stones This was created from Audio made for a British Airways audio cassette tour of the UK South of England. Written and narrated by Blain Fairman in 1990. Audio production by Robert Nichol AudioProductions London. pictures added to this version 2008 by Robert Nichol to create a Youtube video Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. Archaeologists believe that the iconic stone monument was erected around 2500 BC, however this was not the first stone structure on the site The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury henge monument, and it is also a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge itself is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage while the surrounding land is …
@banglolshot Explain. Have you been watching Conan? Stukeley believed Avebury might have had something to do with snakes because the avenue that led in resembled a snake. That’s where the idea stops. No other evidence in grave goods of any veneration of snakes at this time or after, or in the earliest mythologies. Try South America!
stonehenge was a snake worship place i think
I live in Swindon Wiltshire and it’s about 25 mins drive to Stonehenge, it definitely has a strange feeling and aura about it.
The researches of R. Frank, a scholar at the University of Iowa, suggest that the Basques were far-advanced in navigational skills and other aspects of technology long before the rise of the Roman Empire. The Basques, she believes, are the last remnants of the megalith builders, who left behind dolmens, standing stones, and other rock structures all across Europe and perhaps even in eastern North America.
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Re. replanting them where fell. The first fell approx. 1000BC (by that time social & religious changes were going on) & the rest from the Middle Ages onwards through to 1700/1800’s due to curious souvenir hunters undermining them & farmers wanting to extract stone for other uses. Ramps wouldn’t interfere with the next one as they built from the inside out & took down once one was up.We have the post hole evidence. Uprights were packed with stone around the bases to ‘fix’ them.
@sonofherne Thank you. I question the “ramp” theory for two reasons. 1st, the close proximity of the structures would interfere with the next ramp ~ it would be too crowded btwn structures to build ramps gradual enough to be useful. 2nd, if they DID use ramps, why didn’t they go back and fix the structures which fell?
If they ‘planted’ the uprights, they couldn’t fix them, because their ‘tool’ (dirt) was then gone. Only the ‘dirt’ theory lets them do ‘what they did’ with ‘what they had’, Yes?
The only barrows which might add weight to your theory are the ones on the King’s Barrow Ridge, unlike the 200+ other mounds within 3 miles of Stonehenge. They were turf covered as opposed to chalk. Then again the King’s Barrows were a lot older, predating the building. If anything, the displaced soil from the stone holes was used to build up the henge earthwork banks which stood 5-6 foot tall originally, whilst any remainder was displaced over the interior to create a slight rise.
@FLSHBK1 The fallen stones indeed stood, their stone holes still exist I promise you. Many collapsed from storms/ were intentionally pulled over. People have suggested dirt ramps, normally this displaced earth will leave a trace archaeologically & there is no evidence of large soil ramps. SH is a wooden structure in stone. Dozens of timber henges existed around the area & it’s more likely that wooden scaffolding (ramps, a-frames etc) were employed in the construction.
@sonofherne To be clear, I suspect (and I am now joined by at least one other like-thinker) that the easiest way for simple people to make this a simple job was to dig vertical holes and drop the upright columns into them. Then they drag the ‘table top’ slabs over the uprights, and remove the dirt.
The fact that the fallen strictures were never fixed indicates they never had the ability to lift them in the first place.
Thank you. I know you’ve studied this most of yr life and respect your input.
@sonofherne Yessir, it was an off-screen response to my email. I was hypothesizing that the mounds surrounding SH were made from the dirt which was removed from around the upright columns. You explained something about those mounds were burial sites from years after SH was erected (and composed of known elements) so that dirt couldn’t have come from my theory.
I am so far unable to locate our conversation exchanges, but I will fwd them to you as soon as I find them. Thnx, I value your input.
@FLSHBK1 I’ll attempt to, but could you kindly direct me to the video where this discussion took place on. Was it this one? I need to refresh my memory of what exactly you were hypothesising, Thanks.
@sonofherne Sir, you and I have conversed on this issue previously (you commented on my “digging” idea some months ago). In deference to your background and expertise, can you please explain to me what physical reasons might PROHIBIT my (now our) hypothesis from being true or even possible? Admittedly, that’s a lot of dirt to remove, but it sure beats lifting those slabs. Thanks.
@JohnJuanUnited John, having said all that (below entry), I will confess I have received several pointed and convincing email arguments to the contrary when I posted it on other SH YouTube sites. But with all due respect to the learned fellows who have lived near and studied S.H. for their lifetimes, I remain committed to this simple hypothesis. It struck me like an Epiphany when I first thought it. No hi-tech or mathematical genius required. It’s the way I would have done it (no sarcasm, pls!).
@JohnJuanUnited Yessir, I wholeheartedly agree. I first got that idea about 10 yrs ago while viewing a friend’s rustic stone bench in his yard. Too heavy for a man to lift, the stones gave way to discussion about S.H. and this theory suddenly dawned on me, too. Don’t know or care who thunk it first ~ it simply works for me. They were farmers, familiar with and armed for manipulating soil. The surrounding ‘knolls’ might be the remains of the removed dirt. I see them cleaving the full hilltop off
“This is a serious theory. And I’m surprised no one has brought this up.
I call it the Iceberg Theory.
They built it stonehenge by digging the stones first completely into the ground and standing them upright. With those stones in the ground they didn’t even have to lift the top stones, they just slided them into place.
This was done on a mound (hill). They then dug out the all the dirt and flatened the area. Like digging out a fossel. What are your thoughts on this method?”
@sonofherne You do understand that most things that are written in the old days were done hundreds of years after events took place right? This is evident with the most popular of writings; the bible. And I was not on acid and it is very disrespectful to call someones views/theories that of some rambling drug filled lunatic.
There is much we do not know about stonehenge but I am working towards refining my theory. What exactly are you doing with your life?
I live in Wiltshire and have done all my life, I’ve never seen a thatched roof with an animal or bird on it! lol Maybe I’ve not been looking properly!
I cant believe we didnt got to Avebury!!!…