Stonehenge
Stonehenge is an old monument in the south of England. We don’t know exactly what it is. Is it a temple? Is it an astronomical observatory? Is it from the times of Merlin and King Arthur?
STONEHENGE FACT-FILE
Where: It is near Salisbury in the south of England.
When: No one knows exactly periods:
1. In 3000 BC there is a circular ditch with a diameter of 100 metres.
2. In 2500 BC there is the original monument. It is made of wood.
3. Between 2500 and 1500 BC people built the stone monument.
Who: There are a lots of interesting theories-druids, people from Atlantis, Merlin the magician, aliens-probably primitive British people were the architects.
Why: No one knows but here are some ideas…
* Perhaps people used Stonehenge to study the sky. They wanted to see the changes in the sun, the moon and the stars. Whit this information they could understand the seasons and the weather.
* Perhaps Stonehenge was an enormous calendar, an observatory or a computer.
* Perhaps it was a magic temple to an ancient god…or the tomb of an important king.
How: This is a mystery too. The stones are very big and they are very heavy. Some stones are bluestones from the Preseli Mountains in South Wales, 385 kilometres away. No one knows how the people moved them.
Gabry & Anto.
