is Stonehenge spiritual and what is the story of how it was formulated? is it all a myth?

Answer 1

Around 3500 BC the semi-nomadic peoples that populated the Salisbury Plain began to build the monument now known as Stonehenge. The original construction was a circular ditch and mound with 56 holes forming a ring around its perimeter. The first stone to be placed at the site was the Heel Stone. It was erected outside of a single entrance to the site. 200 years later 80 blocks of bluestone was transported from a quarry almost 200 miles away in the Prescelly Mountains. It is surmized that these blocks were transported by way of rafts along the Welsh coast and up local rivers, finally to be dragged overland to the site. These stones were erected forming two concentric circles.

At some point this construction was dismantled and work began on the final phase of the site. The bluestones were moved within the circle and the gigantic stones that give Stonehenge its distinctive look were installed. Some of these massive stones weigh as much as 26 tons! It remains a mystery how such huge stones could have been moved from the quarry at north Wiltshire by a supposedly primitive people.
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Answer 2

Stonehenge was supposedly built by the ancient druids for the solstice. It is supposed to be lined up with the sun when it rises during the summer solstice, and the moon for the winter. It was used for pagan rituals and festivals. In some of the Arthur myths, it was used when a king was being crowned to see whether or not the king would have a long reign, and if there would be war during that reign.

Answer 3

I suppose you're asking whether the Stonehenge has a spiritual meaning. We have no written records of why it was built and how it was used. By inference from its geographical orientation, as well as by comparison with other better known similar monuments of other ancient cultures, archaeologists can say it most likely held a religious meaning and function, and part of this very likely was the observation of heavenly bodies, especially the sun.

Answer 4

This ancient monument of huge stones solitarily standing on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England has captured imaginations for centuries. Theories about who built it have included the Druids, Greeks, Phoenicians, and Atlanteans. Speculation on the reason it was built range from human sacrifice to astronomy.

Investigations over the last 100 years have revealed that Stonehenge was built in several stages from 2800 - 1800 BC. It seems to have been designed to allow for observation of astronomical phenomena - summer and winter solstices, eclipses, and more.

This came from this site -

http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/Stonehenge/

How can it be myth if it is in actual existence? You can go there and see it for yourself.

Answer 5

Stonehenge is an actual physical location in England. It is a remnant of the ancient Druid (I believe) civilization. Modern people can only imagine what it was used for and how it was built.

Answer 6

http://www.christiaan.com/stonehenge/index.php takes a look at Stonehenge through tourists' eyes and students' eyes

http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/Stonehenge/ looks at the hows and whys of Stonehenge (and when it was built, possablities of whom did it, etc.)

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehengeD.html
looks at astromical properties of Stonehenge

http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/stonehenge/megaliths.html looks at hows and whys and everything about it in general.

Some of these sites will have some of the same information on them, but each has their own spin on Stonehenge, and adds a little more than the others. Good luck!

Answer 7

Well, it's not a myth, I've been there and walked around the stones (when they were open to the public).
It's alleged to be spiritual insofar as on the midsummer solstice (and given a clear day!) the sun does (appear to) rise between the two main stones.

Answer 8

Its builders were the same that made the city of Petra...(the one in Indiana Jones and the last crusade).

Giants.....not even going to attempt to explain..sorry