Who built Stonehenge?

Answer 1

I have been there and saw it, I would say it was build by local inhabitants long ago before recorded times. But it was built by humans.

Answer 2

I can't believe so many people out there still say' druids' or 'celts'. That was known to be untrue nearly 100 years ago! Celtic people did not come to Britain till approx 400BC--by then Stonehenge was an abandoned ruin.
The first people were neolithic farmers who cleared the plain of forests and built the earthen ring known as the 'henge'. It had 56 timber posts around it and possibly a timber hut where dead bodies were defleshed in the middle. It possibly had a lunar significance rather than solar,based on eclipses & the moon's metetonic cycle. It was about 7/10 feet deep and was carved from chalk,so it would have glowed white on the green plain.When its posts rotted human cremations were placed in the holes. These were a slender people,with long heads,probably dark haired, averaging about 5ft 6 for men, and 5ft 3 for women.
Several hundred years later the first stones arrive--the bluestones from Wales which are a black/grey/cyan shade speckled with white--the builders may have thought they resembled the night sky. These people might have been the Beaker people who came to Britain from Europe,bringing the earliest metal work & distinctive pottery styles, and a different type of burial in single mounds. They probably were sun worshippers & seemed to take over and expand native monuments. They were fairly tall (6ft not unusual) with round sturdy heads and heavy frames. They were also fierce archers, and often found buried with archery equipment.
The sarsen building phase was probably a mingling of local and imported ideas & people. There is some resemblence at stonehenge to even older monuments in Brittany--the inner horseshoe formations,the stone rectangle of the station stones, and even possibly a geometric carving of a 'goddess of the dead'. This in turn became the very wealthy Wessex culture of princelings who lived nearby and who are frequently found buried with golden artifacts. The most famous is Bush Barrow man, buried in a mound within sight of the stones--he had a golden lozenge-shaped breastplate,a golden belt-hook, a dagger with hundreds of gold pins in the hilt, and a polished,imported stone mace.
So no druids and no aliens. Our ancestors,because they never went away--in fact, recent dna tests in the British Isles have found that most people had an ancestor here at last 6000 years ago, far more than were found to be 'saxons', 'vikings' etc.

Answer 3

There are lots of theories out there, but I think it was an ancient culture of people. We know humans built the pyramids. Is it so hard to believe humans could build Stonehenge?

Answer 4

Erected around 2200 BC, Stonehenge was built in three phrases. The three cultures involved were the Windmill, First Essex and the Beakers.

Answer 5

Early Brits.

There is a plethora of information about this place.
books, magazine articles,
google Stonehenge
Watch the History channel.

Answer 6

This is a subject of great debate, but, most historical sources indicate that it was natives of the British isles probably under the direction of druidic or pre-cursors to the druidic culture.

Answer 7

The Celts built Stonehegde. They also have similar sites in Brittany where they lived. There are other sites like Stonehedge in Britain as well but none are preserved as well.

Answer 8

See "Theories about Stonehenge" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories_about_Stonehenge

Answer 9

Officially, historians believe that a group called the Druids did but there is speculation that a group of aliens helped

Answer 10

Some lady hired by Spinal Tap's Manager - probem was that she built it too small.