Stonehenge

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Well, this is a very vauge question. stone henge lines up with the rising sun at the summer solstaice and the setting sun on the winter solstaise. aside from that it doesn't have any other known "science" behind it, unless you mean the forces that it tolk to make it or the types of rocks in it. there are people who belive that it is used to communicate with aliens or other things like that but it has never been proven to be true.

There is mathematics behind it's design however, in the form of geometry.

Both Stonehenge and the Avebury Stone Circle are in the UK county of Wiltshire. Avebury is located near the village of the same name, quite near Marlborough in the north of the county; Stonehenge is just off the A344 at Amesbury, further south.

The distance between them by road is 30.8 miles. As the crow flies, it is 27.4 miles.

Nothing really, it was there long before the Romans ever came to Britain.

No one is 100% sure, as no one signed their work. There is one group of people (Druids) from hundreds of years ago who have been speculated to have built it. Stonehenge was actually constructed in several different sections (a ring at a time) over a period of years!

Stonehenge is probably the most important prehistoric monument in the

whole of Britain and has attracted visitors from earliest times. It stands as a timeless monument to the people who built it. The stonehenge that we see today is the final stage that was completed about 3500 years ago

There were no written records left by the people who built Stonehenge. Therefore the exact tools used to construct it, are unknown. Many believe that anachronistic and supernatural methods were used to build the structures.

Stonehenge has never actually been discovered because it was never lost. Since it was built people have always known were it was, even the Romans knew of its existence. The only real mystery is that knowbody can be absolutely certain why it was built and what its indended purpose was.

Obviously different people think different things about Stonehenge. Some people think it was an astonomical calendar, others a ritual/religious site and yet others think it was a UFO landing site. There is no absolute proof of what its original purpose was so you make up your own mind or just keep an open mind, its your choice.

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The oldest parts of Stonehenge are probably the rocks which form the circle, or the air that surrounds it. The rocks would be millions of years old. The air would be even older, but since its composition changed over the lifetime of our planet, this date is less certain.

The stone circle in its present form is thought to be approximately 5000 years old, although the site is said to have been used even earlier.

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

Archaeologists believe the stone monument was constructed anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC, as described in the chronology below. Radiocarbon dating in 2008 suggested that the first stones were erected in 2400-2200 BC.

Stonehenge is an approximately ninety minute drive west of London.

The Stonehenge prehistoric monument is located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometers (2.0 mi) west of Amesbury and 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury which is the nearest major city.

It didn't. It's still standing, and has been for thousands of years.

Only a couple of pillars have collapsed due to weathering and possibly human disturbance before the Stonehenge became a protected site in modern times.

Exactly where it is now, Stonehenge has not been moved. But for the idea behind its desgn see the link.

All of the stones in Stonehenge were related to solar and astronomical phenomena. It probably gave dates for planting crops as well as served for predicting eclipses. Today it is mainly used when the sun comes to a particular place at summer solstice. We have better ways to decide when to plant crops.

Stonehenge is 35 miles from the City of Bath.

It was special because it was placed so far away,it was a one of a kind.

Radiocarbon dating suggested that the first stones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, whilst another theory suggests that bluestones may have been raised at the site as early as 3000 BC

Because it is a significant feature, visible from a long way away.

And there is nothing else quite like it in England.

Supposedly Ireland. Merlin the magician is supposed to have lifted them up with his magical wand and carried them to the boats where Sir Kay and his knights shipped them back to England to build a monument for those who had fallen in the great battle of Badon.

Of course this is a myth. The stones probably came from another location, or perhaps they were carved there.

It's not an easy question to answer, not directly that is. What is for sure is that our interpretations of its 'purpose' are very likely to be wrong, for example there is not scrap of archaeological evidence that Stonehenge ever functioned as 'an observatory' that is a modern myth. That said it has an axis of alignment fixed on the shortest and longest days of the year (the winter and summer solstices). If we are to get near to understanding its purpose we need to know what went into its design, and that can be answered.

If we look closely we see a geometrically accurate piece of architecture, one that is designed precisely around mirrored symmetry (set either side of the axis). 'Astronomical' events tend not to be 'symmetrical' when translated into features and the ground, and such alignments that exist are to be found between the stones themselves , not to distant objects or sight lines. In short Stonehenge was designed on a drawing board, largely prefabricated, and somehow reflects a prehistoric cosmology, a religion - that was concerned with harmonious mirrored symmetry.

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Archaeological evidence found in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.The dating of cremated remains found on the site indicate that deposits contain human bone from as early as 3000 BC, and continued for at least another 500 years.