This is a documentary of Stonehenge:
Stonehenge is a megalithic monument, cromlech type of Bronze Age located near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, England, about eight miles north of Salisbury.
Stonehenge is a megalithic monument, cromlech type of Bronze Age located near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, England, about eight miles north of Salisbury.
Stonehenge
consists of large stone blocks in four concentric circles. The exterior, a
hundred feet in diameter, consists of large rectangular stones sandstone
originally were topped by lintels, also of stone, leaving only seven now in
place. Within this outer row is another circle of smaller blocks of bluestones.
This involves a horseshoe-shaped structure constructed with sandstone stones of
the same color. Inside remains micaceous sandstone slab known as "the
Altar."
The whole
is surrounded by a circular ditch that measures 104 m in diameter. Within this
space stands a patch appearing in 56 pits known as "Aubrey holes."
The patch and the moat are cut from "Avenue", a processional path 23
meters wide and three kilometers long, approximately. Close by is the "Stone
of Sacrifice." Opposite is the "Heel Stone."
The goal
that was building this great monument is unknown, but is supposed to be used as
a religious temple, monument or astronomical observatory that was used to
predict the seasons.
At the
summer solstice, the Sun ran right through the center of the building, which
suggests that the builders had knowledge of astronomy. The same day, the sun
was crossing the axis of Woodhenge, where they found many bones of animals and
objects that show that there were feasts, probably anochecer.
