Stonehenge Facts You SHould Know
What has never been found out and probably will never be is that the idea behind the bizarre digging of these holes. These holes have been named 'Aubrey holes' and inexplicably, after this strange digging, the area was abandoned for the next 1000 years to come when something even more strange happened.
The holes that had already been dug up, were decided to be filled with large rocks some weighing over 4 tons to form a Stonehenge mystery. To make matters more interesting, someone with a brilliant idea decided that the rocks would be brought down from the Preseli Mountains which are in Wales, roughly about 240 miles from Amesbury.
It is generally believed that the rocks were transported along the south Wales coast on large rollers and at the place where the present day Warminster is, they were lifted and loaded on rafts which carried them on the river Wyle to present day Salisbury after which they were again somehow hauled to the current resting place. There are 82 stones in total that make up the Stonehenge that have been brought from 240 miles away that rest here in a double circle that's not complete. Considering they were brought on rafts, you can also safely assume there are more stones at the bottom of the river that went down during mishaps.
What was the idea that a bunch of prehistoric people went to such great lengths to make a Stonehenge which seemingly has no purpose? The best explanation that scholars can now give is that it could have been for some kind of a religious ceremony and this idea of course doesn't take an Einstein to be thought of. Since the people who did this impossible feat had no writing, they do not leave behind any scrolls or rock carvings from which we can get an idea as to the purpose of the Stonehenge.
The Stonehenge riverside project head Mike Pearson gives another plausible explanation and his idea is that the Stonehenge was the area for the dead whereas Durrington was for the living. There are some others who believe that the Stonehenge was built for healing purposes.
Overtime, The Stonehenge theories has been nurtured and prided over by a lot of great people such as Henry VIII who gifted the Amesbury region to the Earl of Hertford and it kept changing hands after which it finally landed with one Cecil Chubb who bought it in an auction for 6,600 pounds and surrendered the portion of land where the Stonehenge lay to the nation after world war I.
There were many objections to the growing human development around the area of the Stonehenge such as building of an airport during world war I and a road to connect it. There were also a few buildings that came up around this place and as an answer to the cries to save the Stonehenge from human occupation, it was given to the national trust for safe guarding and preservation. It is coveted as one of the 7 wonders of Britain.
The holes that had already been dug up, were decided to be filled with large rocks some weighing over 4 tons to form a Stonehenge mystery. To make matters more interesting, someone with a brilliant idea decided that the rocks would be brought down from the Preseli Mountains which are in Wales, roughly about 240 miles from Amesbury.
It is generally believed that the rocks were transported along the south Wales coast on large rollers and at the place where the present day Warminster is, they were lifted and loaded on rafts which carried them on the river Wyle to present day Salisbury after which they were again somehow hauled to the current resting place. There are 82 stones in total that make up the Stonehenge that have been brought from 240 miles away that rest here in a double circle that's not complete. Considering they were brought on rafts, you can also safely assume there are more stones at the bottom of the river that went down during mishaps.
What was the idea that a bunch of prehistoric people went to such great lengths to make a Stonehenge which seemingly has no purpose? The best explanation that scholars can now give is that it could have been for some kind of a religious ceremony and this idea of course doesn't take an Einstein to be thought of. Since the people who did this impossible feat had no writing, they do not leave behind any scrolls or rock carvings from which we can get an idea as to the purpose of the Stonehenge.
The Stonehenge riverside project head Mike Pearson gives another plausible explanation and his idea is that the Stonehenge was the area for the dead whereas Durrington was for the living. There are some others who believe that the Stonehenge was built for healing purposes.
Overtime, The Stonehenge theories has been nurtured and prided over by a lot of great people such as Henry VIII who gifted the Amesbury region to the Earl of Hertford and it kept changing hands after which it finally landed with one Cecil Chubb who bought it in an auction for 6,600 pounds and surrendered the portion of land where the Stonehenge lay to the nation after world war I.
There were many objections to the growing human development around the area of the Stonehenge such as building of an airport during world war I and a road to connect it. There were also a few buildings that came up around this place and as an answer to the cries to save the Stonehenge from human occupation, it was given to the national trust for safe guarding and preservation. It is coveted as one of the 7 wonders of Britain.