Stonenhenge story?

Question

Anybody have any ideas on children stories for Stonehenge? i kno it cant be explained......but i need to create a child story out of it.

Answer 1

Stonehenge, group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, S England. Preeminent among megalithic monuments in the British Isles, it is similar to an older and larger monument at Avebury. The great prehistoric structure is enclosed within a circular ditch 300 ft (91 m) in diameter, with a bank on the inner side, and is approached by a broad roadway called the Avenue. Within the circular trench the stones are arranged in four series: The outermost is a circle of sandstones about 13.5 ft (4.1 m) high connected by lintels; the second is a circle of bluestone menhirs; the third is horseshoe shaped; the innermost, ovoid. Within the ovoid lies the Altar Stone. The Heelstone is a great upright stone in the Avenue, northeast of the circle. It was at one time widely believed that Stonehenge was a druid temple, but this is contradicted by the fact that the druids probably did not arrive in Britain until c.250 B.C. In 1963 the American astronomer Gerald Hawkins theorized that Stonehenge was used as a huge astronomical instrument that could accurately measure solar and lunar movements as well as eclipses. Hawkins used a computer to test his calculations and found definite correlations between his figures and the solar and lunar positions in 1500 B.C. (However, as a result of the development of calibration curves for radiocarbon dates, the main structure at the site, Stonehenge III, is now believed to have been built c.2000 B.C.) Some archaeologists object to Hawkins's theory on the basis that the eclipse prediction system he proposed was much too complex for the Early Bronze Age society of England. Most archaeologists agree, however, that Stonehenge was used to observe the motions of the moon as well as the sun. Research by the archaeologist Alexander Thom, based on the careful mapping of hundreds of megalithic sites, indicates that the megalithic ritual circles were built with a high degree of accuracy, requiring considerable mathematical and geometric sophistication.-

Answer 2

Time travel is a popular explanation for Stonehenge. Or wishes could come true. Or it lets the child trade places with someone else in the circle. Or perhaps it is the meeting place for other wordly creatures. Make it into a meeting place for a local village (like a church or community hall) that is featured in a story. Or perhaps it is something that the children tried to build and it didn't work- you can get a moral out of that one.

Answer 3

On many of the pictures of Stonehenge you can see faces and bodies on or emerging from the Stones. You need sharp pictures with high magnification. Mayhaps some of the workers of stone that built Stonehenge stayed with their stones, and only come out when certain stars are aligned.

Answer 4

Do some research on the possible reasons why it was built (like, for the seasons). Then do some research on the little villiage that was built before it.

There's sooo many details about stonehedge without anything being clear cut yet.

I would do it as a child's point of view and explain some of the things they (probably) did at Stonehenge -- as a kid who lives near it in that time period.

Answer 5

It can be explained, the stones were set up to clock the time until the winter solctice, this has been explained.

Theres no need to make a children's story out of it, light simply hits it from a certain angle, letting the people know exactly when winter has officially come.

Answer 6

Now is this going to be later published and passed off as your own work and ideas? =P. Tell how it could have been like a stone age market place or a meeting place for a stone age government.

Answer 7

If you need to create a story, then it is YOU that needs to do it, unless you are willing to enter into a legal contract for intellectual property issues

Answer 8

Sure. Just take the standard elements of a children's story, and plug Stonehenge bits into it. Kid at home. problem at home. kid leaves home to learn, kid has experience on his/her own with or without help. kid comes back wiser. kid fixes problem. kid becomes hero, king, married, legendary, whatever.That's it.
People can't tell time/seasons. kid leaves to learn about time/seasons. kid returns and organizes rock production. kid becomes legendary. That's it.

Answer 9

me people come from our ancients druid kin folk they did .yes they were.Sacrificed many a female and sometimes males.mostly children they were,knew the ways of the stars,and the seasons they sacrificed to make good the crops.and fertility to.

Answer 10

historians say that it was built ancient civilizations