Tell me about it, please! =0)
2007-04-24 11:27:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was, 31 years ago, before they'd fenced it off. I could walk freely amongst all the stones.
It's actually quite small. I was surprised at that. I expected it all to be much larger.
I recall running my hand in the area that was chiselled out to make the appearance of an axe head. It's not smooth now, as it must have been when it was carved. Hundreds of years of rain and cold have loosened up various sections of the rock to give it a very grainy feel.
And while I could see how it was made (20 or 30 strong men could have lifted each stone), there was still the question of why they made it.
It seems to be in the middle of nowhere. Trees were on the horizon, but none grew very close to it. I imagined it as it was, when the forests would have been much closer and farmers not allowed to cultivate in the area.
It was a very thought-provoking experience. One of the few places on earth where you can actually feel how old humanity must be.
Saddened me to think it's been fenced off, that I can never go back and re-experience it. It's not the same if you can't actually touch the rocks.
2007-04-24 11:44:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been to Stonehenge. It's a very awe inspiring sight to wonder how the ancients were able to put those large slabs into those formations. I found the place to be very peaceful and I am ready to go back again.
2007-04-24 18:34:20 · answer #2 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been lots of times, it's one of my most favourite places in the world. It is frustrating to find it fenced off, but if you visit on the summer or winter solstice you get to wander around inside the stone circle for hours. Then you get to see the magnificent sunrise on midsummer's morning rising behind the outlying Hele stone - in the company of about 30,000 others - fantastic! Try and get there someday, it's well worth it.
Stonehenge solstice pics:
http://www.new-age.co.uk/stonehenge-solstice-pics-2004.htm
2007-04-25 18:36:36 · answer #3 · answered by solstice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was.
It's rather disappointing actually. It's the same as seeing the Eiffel tower. Have seen it too many times in all sorts of pictures, then you finally see it for real, all excited....and when I saw it, all I thought was "yeah, it just looks like the pictures".
Sorry, I don't have a more positive story :)
I prefer seeing more unknown things. It's nicer to find the beauty in that.
2007-04-24 18:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have.It's now been fenced so you can't wander between the stones but I went before then.It's a remarkable feat of engineering
2007-04-24 19:22:58 · answer #5 · answered by rosbif 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dang. The closest I have come was watching Spinal Tap.
2007-04-24 18:32:12 · answer #6 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And you my love, won't you take my hand
We'll go back in time to that mystic land
Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow
I will take you there
I will show you how
2007-04-24 18:31:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Oh I WISH I had been... maybe in the future I might be able to get there... anxiously waiting for someone who has to reply.
_()_
2007-04-24 18:31:20 · answer #8 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋