Stonehenge.
We've all been tempted from time-to-time, the dragging of stones with a weight of up to
twenty-five tons across a terrain that involved woodland, hillsides and swamp.
Go on admit it... it makes sense, huh?!
Archaeologists believe the construction of Stonehenge took place from 3000 BC to
2000 BC. Earthworks of banks, lines of wooden posts that implied corridors and a ditch
were also involved in creating the vast complex from a strange period in human history.
Henge or hinge derives from 'hen' -which means hang or gallows.
If the reason was to kill people by hanging or a simply an area to dry ones clothes in the
rare sunny weather on such a structure, I think we agree that their verve to have something
permanent is not in question!
The prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England today comprises of barrows, large mounds
where collective burial tombs are situated and the standing stones themselves.
It's agreed that at one time, there were more monuments that made up Stonehenge...
maybe up to one hindred and sixty-five, but now only ninety-three survive.
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There are five Sarsen Trilithons which gives fifteen large Sarsen stones.
The outer ring of Sarsens is planned to contain thirty uprights and thirty lintels so that is
75 worked sarsens in total.
There are four sarsens outside the centre, the two Station Stones, the Slaughter Stone
and the Heel Stone.
There are stoneholes for other stones matching these, another two station stones,
a matching Slaughter Stone and a paired hole to the Heel Stone.
These empty holes may have held other stones or maybe stones that were then moved,
for instance the Heel Stone may have originally occupied a different Stonehole.
So that is between five and ten other sarsens.
There is the Altar Stone of which it's origin is unknown.
There are 29 bluestones that are still visible, but the original number is probably around 80.
They have been shuffled around the holes so it is hard to be sure but that is a reasonable
estimate.
Recently, it was proven that many of the stones travelled one hundred and sixty miles
from where they were mined in Wales, although some archaeologists believe the large
Sarcen stones were quarried from nearby to the site.
What was it all for and how did the massive blocks get to their final resting place...?
That's a tale in itself!
We've all been tempted from time-to-time, the dragging of stones with a weight of up to
twenty-five tons across a terrain that involved woodland, hillsides and swamp.
Go on admit it... it makes sense, huh?!
Archaeologists believe the construction of Stonehenge took place from 3000 BC to
2000 BC. Earthworks of banks, lines of wooden posts that implied corridors and a ditch
were also involved in creating the vast complex from a strange period in human history.
Henge or hinge derives from 'hen' -which means hang or gallows.
If the reason was to kill people by hanging or a simply an area to dry ones clothes in the
rare sunny weather on such a structure, I think we agree that their verve to have something
permanent is not in question!
The prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England today comprises of barrows, large mounds
where collective burial tombs are situated and the standing stones themselves.
It's agreed that at one time, there were more monuments that made up Stonehenge...
maybe up to one hindred and sixty-five, but now only ninety-three survive.
There are five Sarsen Trilithons which gives fifteen large Sarsen stones.
The outer ring of Sarsens is planned to contain thirty uprights and thirty lintels so that is
75 worked sarsens in total.
There are four sarsens outside the centre, the two Station Stones, the Slaughter Stone
and the Heel Stone.
There are stoneholes for other stones matching these, another two station stones,
a matching Slaughter Stone and a paired hole to the Heel Stone.
These empty holes may have held other stones or maybe stones that were then moved,
for instance the Heel Stone may have originally occupied a different Stonehole.
So that is between five and ten other sarsens.
There is the Altar Stone of which it's origin is unknown.
There are 29 bluestones that are still visible, but the original number is probably around 80.
They have been shuffled around the holes so it is hard to be sure but that is a reasonable
estimate.
Recently, it was proven that many of the stones travelled one hundred and sixty miles
from where they were mined in Wales, although some archaeologists believe the large
Sarcen stones were quarried from nearby to the site.
What was it all for and how did the massive blocks get to their final resting place...?
That's a tale in itself!
Edith Head Gives Good Wardrobe.