Tell me the truth about StoneHendge.?

Question

Maybe I am in the wrong category and I probably spelled it wrong but what is thought to be the general idea behind it now?

Answer 1

I'm in the UK.
I've visited and driven past the stones on numerous occasions.

What I know of them is this:
The current belief is they were used to monitor the movement of celestial bodies, due to the simple fact that using them like this, actually works! The use as a calender of sorts, comes by default, from their supposed purpose.

Stonehenge is estimated to have first been just three large Totems made of wood in a forest clearing. The positions of these are marked by round brass plates on the ground in the car park next to the stones. Throughout the ages more wooden structures were constructed in and around the area, replacing and adding to those that eventually rotted away. This is known from the evidence of the holes that remained, as apposed to finding the long since rotted away wooden poles.
The first stone to be used was when a large circle of small stones was made to replace the wood, probably to increase the longevity of the site due to it's importance.
Eventually, as differing groups and cultures arose in the area, more structures were added, including an inner circle of larger stones, a ditch inbetween the now two stone circles and a stone alter. Later still, much larger stones, the ones we see today that give Stonehenge it's characteristic appearance,were brought from a quarry in wales, specifically for this site of importance. These are the "Bluestones" that, for whatever reason, were so important to the builders of Stonehenge they undertook the mammoth task of transporting them from such a long distance. There are a couple of theories I have read about, to do with this, including speculation that the stones were actually deposited nearby by glaciers during the Ice Age, but the proof of this is slim, due to the glaciers having thought to never have moved in that direction and that there is no 'scratch marks' on any of the stones, consistent with such an event. The other idea(and the one I favour)concentrates on what these stones actually look like when polished - a stunningly beautiful, deep blue colour, with sparkling white and grey specks within. One could almost see polished bluestone as being chunks of the night sky itself - complete with stars! Perhaps this was their attraction, considering the supposed use for the site?
At one time, yet another circle consisting of smaller stones was made, but for whatever reason was removed years later.

What IS known beyond doubt, is that this site was one of the most important and sacred sites in the british Isles of Neolithic times and was regularly visited by travellers from all over the world from then, up to the present day.
The estimated time of initial construction, is around the 3rd millenium BCE(3117bce), shortly AFTER what is thought to have been a time of cataclysmic change, such as meteor strikes on the Earth causing widespread extinctions and upheavals of cultures and whole societies through polluted atmosphere, earthquakes and climate changes, not to mention starvation caused by debris clouds blocking out the Suns rays to Earth. Coincidentally, if one types in this date into a search engine(I used Google), one can find MANY sacred monuments and sites similar to Stonehenge, appearing all over the globe at this time in our history.

Whatever it's purpose was, today it is used primarily by the Druid clans and also on the Equinox's and Solstices for celebrations and festivities by pagans who amongst other things, come to see the Sun rise and set in such a place of magic and mystery.

Sorry I haven't added more in the way of dates, but this has all been from memory and I don't trust my brain to supply me much accuracy when it comes to numbers!

Hope this helped some.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The general idea about it and similar stuctures is that their purpose was to determine or display certain critical astronomical events indicating the changes of the seasons -like the equinoxes or the solstices. The seasons' changes were extremely important because planting crops at the right time & having successful crops was a matter of life & death, so that, naturally, priests & shamans or druids got into such things & made it their business, & attached religious or superstitious ceremonies to the subject, & so presumably Stonehenge also had some religious function. So you might say it was, more or less, a combination church and planetarium.

Answer 4

ok,the story goes like that:king arthur had to build stonehedge to fullfill a prophecy but no matter how hard the workers working during day,their work was dissapeared the other day.so he asked the help of merlin who said that he needs special stones from somewhere in africa.they started the journey and when they got there they saw that the rocks were too big.then merlin took his music instrument and started playing music and the stones raised on the sky and thats how they took them where they are today.
this place was a building where druids were making meetings.

Answer 5

to all you idiots that insist that it is druidic...it is NOT!!!
It is way older than the druids. It was indeed used as a calendar ,by some of the very earliest stone age farmers to inhabit Britain. and there is archaeological evidence of earlier structures made of wood that served the same purpose but were replaced with Stone to get better durability.

Answer 6

No, they are sure that it is Druidic. Stonehenge is located in Brittin, and the ancient people of Brittin back then were Druids. Stonehenge is considered one of the seven world wonders and is still to this day a puzzle. Scientists can't figure out how the Druids got the huge stone blocks to stand. This speculation gave way to all of the alien theories. However, stonehenge is thought to be one of the worlds first calenders. Some scientists even believe that it may have even been an ancient computer because of it's geometric shape and size. But it is Druidic.

Answer 7

According to remote viewing it was used as a ritual meeting place by various tribes like the UN. Some have ascribed to an Extraterrestrial or Angelic origin.
http://www.trvnews.com/tsl/031502/index.html

Answer 8

Stonehenge.

They are assured it is not druidic in nature, and the timekeeper function still seems to hold, but they are uncertain as to why that particular location was selected and Ley Lines are not all that convincing of a reason

Answer 9

I SAW ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL ABOUT HOW ITS PURPOSE WAS AT ONE TIME A RITUAL PLACE OF WORSHIP WHERE AT A SPECIFIC TIME THE SUN AND THE MOON WOULD ALLINE UNDER AN ARCH AND IT WAS THOUGHT THAT U COULD WALK INTO THE LIGHT THRU THE ARCH AND CROSS INTO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD

Answer 10

All ancient (and modern) societies like to build pernanent structures that tanscend and survive them, colloseum, pyraminds, wall of China, Eifel Tower, Statue of Liberty and so on. Stonehenge is one, if you are looking for a purpose you are missing the pont.