Stonehenge

Stonehenge The background of Stonehenge’s megalithic properties and astronomical history may lead to a better understanding of the ancestors that originally built them. Located in Wilshire, England, Stonehenge is Britain’s greatest national icon and one of the most highly visited ruins around the world. The underlying history and its purpose have left skeptics to question its true stance in history, and scientists to find unequivocal truth of how it was used. The construction of Stonehenge must have been of great importance to ancient civilization, as there was a lot of thought and precision used for its creation. Thousands of visitors gather at Stonehenge to watch the early morning sunrise, believing that something mysterious would occur. The construction of Stonehenge is believed to have been created in a series of three different phases that took place over 5,000 years ago. Archeologists believe, “that the stones that still stand today may have been put in place about 4,000 years ago.” It is believed that the first phase was carried out during the Neolithic or the “stone age” era in which the early farmers used prehistoric ingenuity to cultivate and construct the outer circle or “ditch” of Stonehenge. The ground under Stonehenge was like a chalk type of sandstone that was easy to shovel with the primitive equipment early settlers used. Archeologists also believe that the “outer circle is 320 feet in diameter and the ditch itself was approximately 20 feet wide and 7 feet deep.” The sediment and rubble that was excavated from the digging of the ditch, was used to build the steep circle that is located just inside of the outer circle originally built. Just inside of the banks circle or bank in which a total of 56 holes are filled with the chalky remnants. Nicknamed the “Aubrey Holes” after John Aubrey, who was a 17th century scholar, is said to have discovered the ruins. To this day, there is a mystery as to what these holes were used for, but many opinions