Stonehenge

Stonehenge was never lost. It has been in place for 4000 - 5000 years. People have known it was there since its construction.

I would love to tell you and so would hundreds of historians, but I can't and neither can they.

It was probably a large number because those massive stones were lifted or somehow transported without the use of the wheel!

The tallest upright stone is 6.7m (22ft) high, with another 2.4m (8ft) below ground. The heaviest stone in the henge weighs about 45 tons.

Each stone weighs roughly between 25-30 tons

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles west of Amesbury and 8 miles north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world,

The most active phase of Pyramid construction in Egypt was during 2300BC. Stonehenge is believed to date from around 2500BC, making Stonehenge slightly older, although in reality the two monuments date from around about the same time.

Stonehenge is a look into medi-evel times.

There is also no other structure like it today.

Scientists can not work out how the stones were moved to that location as they were found many miles away, they are extremely heavy and there was no mechanical devices for transporting weights like that.

It is one of the last un-explained structures in the world.

If you look into Stonehenge on the internet I'm sure you will come up with some of your own reason. I have been actually inside the rings of Stonehenge and it is one of the most marvelous things i have ever seen.(i am very well travelled)

I hope this helped xx :D

About 20 metres from the main upright stones.

== == Stonehenge is in England

Just the same as the rest of the English countryside.

A flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands --> Luton, UKwould take under 1 hour (about 45 minutes).

The weight one stone in Stonehenge has been presumed to be between 20-25 tons each stone and if you need more information it was built between 8000 and 1500 B.C. the Stonehenge itself was originally began around 8000 B.C. but the main construction was around 3000-2000 B.C.

The Summarian civilizations of Mesopotamia

Most likely the same way the Egyptians did, building a ramp. In this case they must have built up a bridging of temporary stones between the supporting columns so they are of same level, then by building ramps on both sides to buttress the whole unit, so it is strong enough to support the overhead stone being pulled up one of the ramps, when they were done and the stone was in place, they simply removed the ramps along with the temporary bridging of stones between the columns.

Seven different types of stone but predominently Sarcen (hard sandstone) and Bluestone; rocks from the Welsh Preseli Mountains.

The most common type of stone used at Stonehenge is Preseli Bluestone, a Dolerite stone transported from the Preseli hills, 160 miles away in Wales.
The Stonehenge Is made out of mainly basalt and granite.
Um stones - I guess

This is a link to a photo of Stonehenge (it's all one word) http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/site/i/512/stonehenge1.jpg

It began, like any other major structure with a plan, some kind of drawing. This was created using simple geometry this plan was transferred onto the ground using ropes and pegs to mark the position against which the center (usually the centre of the inner faces) of the stones were set. The rest as they say - is history.

Given the length of time taken to create Stonehenge, who could have carried out such a feat? We now know that just as the monument was constructed in distinct stages, its builders belonged to distinct groups.

The first group, the Windmill Hill people, named after one of their earthworks on Windmill Hill, near Stonehenge, built the large circular furrows and mounds. They had collective burials in large stone-encased tombs. Most of their burial mounds point east-west. Originating in eastern England, they were one of the first semi-nomadic hunting and gathering groups with an agricultural economy, maintaining a strong reverence for circles and symmetry.

The second group - The Beaker people - is thought to have originated in Spain, migrating northwards and colonising north-west Europe. Their name comes from their ancient traditions in which they would bury beakers, or pottery drinking cups, with their dead.

Instead of burying their dead in mass graves, they showed more reverence for death by placing them in small round graves marked by mounds called tumuli. It is assumed by archaeologists that the Beaker People were more warlike in nature than most tribes of their time because they buried their dead with more weapons, such as daggers and battle-axes. The Beaker Folk were highly organised and industrious, using sophisticated mathematical concepts, and they managed their society by using a chieftain system.

Oh dear ! Methinx someone is having a little dig at our US cousins ! Native Americans & Stonehenge have no connection.

There are several theories. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge#Stonehenge_3_I_.28ca._2600_BC.29

Consists of earth, timber, and stone structures .

The major stone construction was built around 4,500 years ago. See related links.

The construction phase information of Stonehenge is somewhat complex and under active discussion as a result of recent work by the Stonehenge Riverside Project and the S.P.A.C.E.S. project, but the indications are that the enclosing bank and ditch date to c3000BC, with the 56 Aubrey Holes around the inside of the bank coming very soon after - though whether these were occupied by timber posts or Bluestones (generally 2m tall, 4 tons in weight, from Preseli in South Wales) is still a matter of debate.

A number of timber constructions within this enclosure date to around this time, with the first Sarsens (these are the large stones - the biggest being over 9m long and weighing over 45 tons, probably from the Marlborough Downs) arriving and being erected as the 5 central Trilithons and the surrounding lintelled Sarsen Circle around 2,500BC.

It appears that the 'double arc' of Q&R holes, which held Bluestones, may have been contemporaneous with this Sarsen phase instead of pre-dating it as a temporary feature.

Around 2,200BC, the best examples of the Bluestones were re-arranged into an oval within the central Trilithon horseshoe and the remaining examples were set up in a ring just inside the Sarsen Circle.

Around 1,600BC the Z and then Y holes were dug outside the Sarsen Circle, but appear not to have ever held either posts or stones before they were back-filled.

Some time later (possibly as late as Roman times), the Bluestone oval was opened at the NE to form a horseshoe shape like that of the Trilithons, with which it shares the NE-SW (midsummer/midwinter solstice) orientation.