what is the stonehenge in scottland ,what was it purpose? who put those stones in order like that?

Answer 1

Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. It is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world. Archaeologists think that the standing stones were erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC although the surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury henge monument, and it is also a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge itself is owned and managed by English Heritage while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.

Answer 2

First, as you can see by the other answers, Stonehenge is NOT in SCOTLAND. It's purpose is a mystery to some, and for others it is not. The same answer goes for the last question - some people can guess who put the stones there, others have no idea. Recently there was a report on Yahoo News about "Archeologists find huge Neolithic Village near Stonehenge". This may help to answer all the questions you are asking. Good questions!

Answer 3

There are stone henge types of monuments all over the British Islands as well as along the coast of Europe from Sicily up into Denmark. I can only give an answer that I was given in 1968/69 that the "Beaker" people created that. My answer might be outdated as I saw a program on the news last night about Stonehenge. They are called "beaker" people because of a style of cup that they used.

The concept is Megalithic architecture, and it seems to have originated in the Mediterranean area and moved.

My recommendation would be to look into books that speak of Stonehenge and the Megalithic monuments of the same era.

Answer 4

Despite the obvious answer based on archeological evidence the real answer is that we do not know as written records first dealing with Britian are written by the Romans who do not address the issue of Stonehenge and its function.

However, what it does tell us is that society had a developed economy and leadership in place. We do know that Britian exported large amounts of grains, tin, and hides across the channel. This allowed for the inhabitants to focus time away from farming and work on this and other strucutres.

The second is that a hiearchy had to be in place taht supervised the construction. Britian was a large confederation of loose chiefdoms based on kinship. The Roman records are very clear about this system and generally historians apply this to the period of Stonehenge as well.

But then again we do nto really know. I am one who is skeptical of archeology tell us what motivated people based on a smal amoutn of physical evidence.