Stonehenge Research Paper

“Stonehenge’’ (2800-1500 BC), the prehistoric stone circle is one of the most famous monuments that was found only in South Britain, Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorest, Somerset, Wiltshire. Archeologists believe that it was built 4500 years ago. It was built by Neolithic people who had a slight knowledge of the use of bronze, gold, and copper. But with no knowledge of metal. This monument represents the Neolithic age. It’s an enormous scale confirms that the Stonehenge was very important to the ancient people who constructed it. But the monuments purpose has been a big mysterious for the archeologists for centuries. Many theories have appeared. In the 17th and 18th centuries many archeologists believed that Stonehenge was built as Druid temple.

The possible theory of the method is that the ancient people dig the round and created a big hole with sloping sides. Wooden stakes were added to the back of the hole. Then the stones were raised upright using ropes made of plant fiber and wood arranged probably in A-frame. Weights helped to raise the stones upright. For lintels timber crib was used to raise them into position. Another theory said that they were raised by wooden wheel.

Shaping the stones was another laborious step. Some of them look rough, and others finely finished. Archeologists suggested that people chose suitable shape from the ground, and then they shaped as much they can. Experts said that people in Britain used the mining thousand years before Stonehenge, so should be in Stonehenge time skillful miners who have known how to use the round stone hammers (still there in the site) and deer antlers to shape the stone and dig the

The Trilithon horseshoe was aligned with the direction of the midsummer sunrise. Some Megalithic were oriented toward sunrise at the winter solstice and later ones at the summer solstice. Other stones were aligned with the northernmost and southernmost points of moonrise. “In 1965 the astronomer Gerald Hawkins concluded that this alignment is both with solar and lunar events, and had been used to predict eclipses and to keep track of time. So he thought that Stonehenge is an astronomical calendar and observatory”. (Gerald 1965). How could this be? The answer is all about the summer solstice. The summer solstice happens in the longest day in the year. On this day, in the northern hemisphere, the sun rises to the most northern point of the horizon. If someone is standing in the center of the Stonehenge in that time, will see this point could be north 51 degrees. And this is the exact site of the huge heel stone in the Stonehenge. According to the human bones, and cremated remains, some archeologists concluded that the Stonehenge was used as a Funeral. Other archeologists said that it was used as a temple. Druids didn’t build the Stonehenge, but they used the structure as worship. Some people have looked at the monolith as structure done by aliens, as normal men can’t build as this huge