An Essay On Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a monument that is located in Wiltshire, England. It is one of the most famous monuments in the world, and is meritorious when it comes to the world’s best monuments. Standing tall in Southern England, the Stonehenge is an arrangement of massive stones that form a circular geometry. No one knows who built it, but medieval tales say that it is the work of Merlin the Wizard, during the age of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. As time passed, it is said that the Romans were responsible for the building of Stonehenge. In more recent times, archaeologists have discovered who really might have built Stonehenge. Archaeologists and scientists now believe that Stonehenge was put together more than 4000 years ago, a long time before Medieval England or the Romans. Modern researchers have come to a new hypothesis: Stonehenge was built by people who lived around the time of the ending of the Stone Age. Although scientists and archeologists have come to some conclusions, no one really knows how this monument was erected. Over time the monument has endured some history, and has given humanity time to discover many things about this mysterious monument known as Stonehenge.

Stonehenge is believed to been created around 3000-1500 BCE. The material of Stonehenge is pure stone, a stone material that is harder than granite. The stones are formed into dolmens that form Cairns. The orientation of the stones in Stonehenge was critical. It was believed that the dolmens were oriented in such a fashion that makes it point to the sun on the summer solstice. The basic form of Stonehenge is a massive stone Cairn that forms a circular geometry. A large Cairn forms a circle that encloses smaller Cairns. Each stone in Stonehenge w...

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...time. Thinking about it now, I believe that since this monument was such an achievement, people wanted to celebrate in it. People wanted to rest there when they died. People wanted to admire the beauty of the stone masses. They wanted to join together and admire what human hands can do. I believe that is what makes Stonehenge such a special place. Through the efforts of man, the monument was built. I think that people wanted to celebrate the efforts of man. That is what made Stonehenge what it is. There is something to say about human reliance on humans. We can join together and create beauty. Although Stonehenge is a mystery, it has been proven that humanity can build such a monument. Stonehenge is an achievement of man that is unlike no other. Metaphorically, the race of humanity is like Stonehenge in a sense: strong and withstanding through the test of time.