Stonehenge Theories, Myths, Construction and Images

Stonehenge, the world's most famous megalith, is located above a chalky plain about 8 km north of Salisbury, UK. It has been drawing people towards it for around 5000 years now, and to this day remains an enigmatic mystery because the questions of how it was built, who built it and why they built it remain unanswered, the theories are only ranged and debated.

Standing out distinctly from the green English countryside, the monument radiates a power that must have been ingrained in the site itself. It is an aura, a power which cannot be explained by architecture alone. A lot of the mystery and inherent wonderment associated with Stonehenge stems from the fact that the stones are so shrouded in mystery, this only being amplified by its age. The very fact that the stones survived for so long must mean they are special.

A casual look at Stonehenge would show that it consists of an outer circle, within which we have another circle of stones in the shape of a horseshoe. Towards the center of the circled area, are pillared constructions consisting of two upright stones, and one stone placed horizontally on top of them. These are known as trilithons. At first glance, it would seem that the entire area is composed of rocks, but venturing outwards, we come across a ditch, and bank that surrounds the entire area. There is also a path that goes from the monument towards the River Avon a few kilometers away. All these together constitutes the enigmatic Stonehenge.

Aerial view of Stonehenge. Visible are ditch, banks, Aubrey Holes, Avenue

Animal bones and deer antlers seem to have been used for clearing out areas, removing small stones and loosening up the chalk, which were found, and seem to have been deliberately left behind. These were carbon dated, pointing towards around 3100 BC. Not only were old bones found, but so were about 56 holes in the ground, found in 1666 By John Aubrey. The Aubrey Holes were used to hold wooden posts which don't exist anymore. So in the beginning, there would have been a wooden circle around the stone circles, surrounded by the ditch.

Aubrey Hole

The Aubrey Holes measured 2.5 feet to 6 feet in width, and was about 2 to 4 feet deep. When found, it was filled with chalk. They appeared to have been dug up and refilled several times with cremated human remains. Other Stone Age relics were found in the holes too.

Near all this, is the Heel Stone, a huge stone about 20 feet long, 8 feet high and 7 feet wide. It was the first stone to have been put in place at Stonehenge and stands at a distinct position and distance near the main stones.

What makes Stonehenge wondrous is the architecture of the site. The outside set of stone pillars, which are linked together by the top stones (called lintels) form a complete circle. The builders possessed the knowledge to shape the lintels so that they remained flat but still formed a circle, and this is supposed to be an advanced area of knowledge for that period of time. Additionally, the lentils were attached to the upright pillars using a technique still in use today: mortice-and-tenon joints. The top part of the upright stones would have had to be shaped to allow for a protrusion to fit into a carved slot in the lintels.

As mentioned earlier, on the outside of the main monument is a circle of stones. There are about 17 sarcen stones, or sandstones, left from a set of about 30. These rocks stand four meters high and weigh about 25 tonnes each. The center of the area, consisting of the trilithons would have come from five sets of two stones with lintels on top.

Many other stones, of more historical and astronomical importance, also mark the site. There also exists a laneway, known as the Avenue, that extends from the open horseshoe, on the northeast corner of the monument and down toward the River Avon, two kilometers away.

Along the Avenue, closer to the stone circles, is the "Slaughter Stone" that may have once been part of a pair of stones, forming a gate to the main monument. Another 'theory' associated with the Slaughter Stone is that it was used for human sacrifices and so the puddles of water on it are always red, but this is most likely oxides giving it the red tinge. Shaped around the stone circles are two pillar stones, known as the "Station Stones." Originally there would have been four, placed in the shape of a rectangle.

Slaughter Stone

To add to the mysteriousness of the construction, all of the stones were brought far distances to Salisbury Plain, using only muscle and primitive tools, like ropes and wooden levers. The sarcen stones are believed to have been brought from Marlborough Downs, 30 kilometers to the north of Stonehenge, which is a feat incomparable by today's standards. The lintels of the sarcen circle were joined together with such accuracy that it is hardly believable that it was accomplished with the naked eye alone without instruments. But even more intriguing than this is the mystery of the bluestones. They are believed to have come from the Preseli Mountains in southwest Wales, nearly 385 kilometers away. How these stones, each weighing four tonnes, arrived at Stonehenge is still debated. But regardless of how they came to the site, it appears to have required much effort in a time before the invention of the wheel. This alone confirms the importance of that particular place.

Erosion, time and human invasion has worn it down, leaving many of the stones in stumps similar to a set of baby teeth. Although the site may not be as majestic as it once was, it still conveys a sense of power that seems to enclose people in its mystery, allowing no one to escape from the riddle of its purpose. Today, there is enough left of Stonehenge to speculate on its purpose, but not enough to say for sure why or how it was constructed. Astronomers, archaeologists and historians continue to debate theories on its construction and purpose, but the only thing that can be said for certain is a description of what still exists today.

The Construction of Stonehenge

The construction of Stonehenge started in the Neolithic period, in three stages, starting from circa 3100BC, over a 2,000 year till circa 1400 BC. It was built, and rebuilt by three separate sets of people, as shall be mentioned.

John Aubrey incorrectly implicated the Druids to the building of Stonehenge. This was because the Druid sect happened to worship at StoneHenge. However, the inaccuracy in this was that the Druids came about around 1000 years after the monument had been built.

Currently, the most accepted theory regarding the construction is that the first may have been the secondary Neolithic people, just after 3000 BC. Next would have been the "Beaker People" named after their beaker-shaped drinking cups. The last phase, mainly stonework, may have been carried out by Wessex people.

Stonehenge Phase I

Phase I involved the creation of the 56 Aubrey Holes holding the timber poles. The Avenue was created on the northeast corner of the circle. A "Slaughter stone," now fallen, was placed along the Avenue at the break in the henge inside the circle. A "Heel stone" was placed 27 meters outside the main monument along the Avenue. It weighs 35 tonnes and stands six meters tall. Four "Station Stones" were also erected in the shape of a rectangle within the henge. The ditch with two banks was also created around the entire monument. All this with nothing but deer antler, rope, and shoulder blade bones of oxes. Amazing in itself.

Stonehenge Phase 1
During Phase I

The Heel Stone
Heel Stone, originally upright, but now leaning

Stonehenge Phase II

Phase II involves more uncertainty. It lasted from circa 2150 to 2000 BC and it was erected during the time of the so called Beaker People who did not believe in cremation. During this stage a double circle of 80 giant bluestones, brought from the Prescelly Mountains in south Wales, was built within the henge. The Prescelli Mountains are about 245 miles away, and the bluestones were dragged down to the sea, floated on huge rafts, brought up the River Avon, and finally overland to where they are today. It was an amazing feat when you consider that each stone weighs about five tons. It required unbelievable dedication from ancient man to bring these stones all the way from South Wales. Also, the entrance was widened, and the avenue was extended, linking Stonehenge to the River Avon about two miles away.

Stonehenge Phase 2
During Phase II

Stonehenge Phase III

Before Phase II was completed, there was a period of abandonment. Most likely, this occurred because of the arrival of the Wessex people, powerful and wealthy craftsmen, who took over and drove the Beaker People out. This was when the bluestones circle was dismantled.

Phase III began, and consisted of three substages, eventually leading to the Stonehenge we see today. In the first substage thirty sarcens were placed in a carefully spaced ring around a horseshoe of five sarcen trilithons in the center. A lone upright sarcen was placed outside of the of the double bluestones circle. It now lies there, but seems to be have been inappropriately named the Slaughter Stone for there is no evidence that it played any part in any executions or sacrifices.

Stonehenge Phase 3
During Phase III

The main event which occurred in the second substage was the erection of the Alter Stone which stands in the middle of the horseshoe.

In the third substage the bluestones were once again reerected. A bluestone horseshoe of 19 stones was built within the trilithons, the remains still stand. There was a placement of bluestones between the sarcen horseshoe and the sarcen circle. Carvings of bronze axes and daggers, symbols of the sun were made in the sarcens. "Boats of the Dead" were hammered into the western stones.

Stonehenge circa 1000BC
ca. 1000BC, Completion

How they got the stones to stand upright is unknown. It required sheer muscle power and hundreds of men to move one of these megaliths, the heaviest of them weighing probably about 45 tons.

The Theories

Stonehenge is more than awash with theories. Deluged and webbed would be a more appropriate term, as several of these theories can be combined with others and each one seems plausible in its own context. We shall take a look at the main theories for now, touching on the smaller ones later.

Stonehenge and the Druids

Druidry, an Earth-based ancestor religion, has been linked with Stonehenge for hundreds of years.

The core of this spiritual philosophy lies in the quest for inspiration or Awen, meaning "the flowing spirit," that brings many to worship at stone circles like Stonehenge. But what is the origin of the bond between druid and this stone monument?

John Aubrey, a 17th century British antiquary, was the first to suggest that the druids were the ones who built Stonehenge - a theory which has since been discounted. Many experts believe druids came from a Celtic religion not present in England until 2,000 years after Stonehenge was built, and maybe already in ruin. But others would disagree.

"It is equally possible that Celtic culture found druidry already existing in Britain when it arrived," says Philip Shallcrass, joint chief of the British Druid Order, the third largest in England. "In which case, [druidry] could well have derived from the people who built Stonehenge and other stone monuments."

A historically provable link between druids and Stonehenge goes back to the early part of the 1900's. It can be found in a photograph of a large druiditic gathering held at the stone monument where the people claimed to have rites of worship there that may have gone back many more years.

Some of the modern-day druids make eight pilgrimages to Stonehenge a year to celebrate the turning of the year and the changing seasons. However, not all druids worship at Stonehenge. Some would rather practice on a hilltop rather than at a human constructed site.

"In part, it's a way of getting back to a relationship with the Earth that most people in industrial societies have lost," says Shallcrass.

However, most druids have been banned from worshipping at Stonehenge during the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Authorities suppressed the festival in 1978 after people, not necessarily druids, were found camping illegally and digging latrines in the landscape. Yet, they are allowed to worship a few days later on midsummer's day.

There are 36 druid groups in England alone. It's practiced by several faiths, ranging from Catholics to Jews and encompasses a wide scope of people, from office workers to ecomagicians. All this diversity is made possible by the fact that druidry is so diverse. "Its possible to believe in any gods, many gods, one god or no god and still be a druid," saysShallcrass.

The druids had been almost forgotten, and it was after centuries of neglect in the wake of first Roman and then Christian suppression, the Druids were rediscovered during the Renaissance when the revival of interest in ancient Greek and Latin writers brought attention to the works of Pliny, Tacitus, and Julius Caesar and their descriptions of the Celtic world. First in France in the sixteenth century, and then in England, the ancient Celts (or Gauls as they were known in France) and Druids were claimed as historical ancestors. By the seventeenth century, a new romantic image of Druids began to emerge in French and English literature.

In England as early as 1624 the Celtic warrior queen Boudicca is credited by Edmond Bolton with building Stonehenge as her monument. Although other English writers at this time refused to acknowledge anything worthwhile in Celtic culture, and the architect Inigo Jones (1573-1652), in his The Most Remarkable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Henge restored, would conclude that "Stonehenge was no work of the Druids" (he claimed instead that it had been built by the Romans, which as we now know is incorrect), the link between the Druids and Stonehenge had nonetheless been forged in the popular imagination.

Exactly when the druids had started their ritual is unknown, but the annual summer solstice celebrations were one of the main Druid festivals at Stonehenge. This has stopped now as the festivals were attracting a large number of visitors, causing severe damage to the monument.

Pesky Druids
Druids Worshipping on Midsummer

Tourists thronging Stonehenge
Tourists throng Stonehenge during Druid Festival, before restrictions were placed on climbing it.

Hippies and Mystics at Stonehenge
Nowadays, the summer solstice festival attracts hippies and new age mystics.

Astronomy at Stonehenge

Stonehenge itself remains a steadfast observer of the world, watching the seasons change from summer to fall to winter to spring and back again thousands of times over. But it also bears witness to movements in the heavens, observing the rhythm of the Moon and, more noticeably, the Sun.

For most parts of the year, the sunrise can't even be seen from the center of the monument. But on the longest day of the year, the June 21st summer solstice, the rising sun appears behind the Heel Stone, creating the illusion that it is balancing on the stone.

The Heel Stone sits along the Avenue, that extends from the northeast corner of the main monument. The rising Sun creeps up the length of the rock, creating a shadow that extends deep into the heart of five pairs of sarcen stone trilithons -two pillar stones with one laid across the top - in the shape of a horseshoe that opens up towards the rising sun.

Just as the Sun clears the horizon, it appears to hover momentarily on the tip of the Heel Stone. A few days later, on midsummer's day, the sun will appear once again, but this time, it will begin to move to the right of the heel stone. The same phenomenon happens again during the winter solstice, only it's in the opposite direction and a sunset. But both indicate a change of season.

It was the British antiquarian William Stukeley who had noticed that the horseshoe of great trilithons and the horseshoe of 19 bluestones at Stonehenge opened up in the direction of the midsummer sunrise as described above. It was quickly surmised that the monument must have been deliberately oriented and planned so that on midsummer's morning the sun rose directly over the Heel Stone and the first rays shone into the center of the monument between the open arms of the horseshoe arrangement.

Stonehenge Heel Stone
View of Heel Stone

Sunrise behind Heel Stone on Summer Solstice
Sun hovering behind Heel Stone, Summer Solstice

It was argued that the summer solstice alignment cannot be accidental. The sun rises in different directions in different geographical latitudes. For the alignment to be correct, it must have been calculated precisely for Stonehenge's latitude of 51° 11'. The alignment, therefore, must have been fundamental to the design and placement of Stonehenge. As if corroborating the claims made by Hawkins for Stonehenge, Alexander Thom, a professor of engineering and a mathematician, has shown that many other megalithic sites throughout Britain are also oriented towards the sun and the moon.

The alignment also made it clear that whoever built Stonehenge had precise astronomical knowledge of the path of the sun and, moreover, must have known before construction began precisely where the sun rose at dawn on midsummer's morning while standing on the future site of the monument. This point needs to be made because with Stonehenge and many other such monuments, it was the site, a particular place within the landscape, that was important; only later were these sites marked in some more permanent manner by the digging of ditches and banks and (or instead) the erection of wood or stone structures.

For reasons we shall never know, this particular spot in the landscape was so important that not only were ditches and banks dug and, later, stone circles and horseshoe arrangements constructed to mark it, but that some of the stones were deliberately transported there with considerable effort from a great distance away.

Either way, this discovery had a tremendous impact on how Stonehenge was interpreted. For Stukeley in the 18th century and Sir Norman Lockyer in the first years of the 20th century, this alignment implied a ritualistic connection with sun worship and it was generally concluded that Stonehenge was constructed as a temple to the sun. Although, the first builders, who may have just started farming the land, might have needed to know when the seasons were about to change, so this would imply that it was a mere solar calendar.

Others, like 20th century British astronomer, Sir Norman Lockyer, also saw Stonehenge as a temple, but a temple to the Sun. For him, its significance lay in celebrations of ancient Celtic festivals.

But to see Stonehenge as a temple, or retaining a religious quality may just be an assumption. It is a structure that clearly does not resemble a house or hall or anything else secular, which could indicate that it is sacred.

There are also more than 400 burial mounds surrounding the ancient monument. Many of these graves have been found to contain gold breast plates and other precious metal items. These people may have wanted to be buried close to Stonehenge, which could reinforce a spiritual aspect, or as modern day astronomer Gerald Hawkins says in his book, Beyond Stonehenge, a concern for life after death.

More recently, though, the astronomer Gerald Hawkins has argued that Stonehenge is not merely aligned with solar and lunar astronomical events, but can be used to predict other events such as eclipses. In other words, Stonehenge was more than a temple, it was an astronomical calculator ,marking lunar and solar alignments. If this is true, it would have held great power for the people who controlled the megalithic monument.

Aside from the sarcen horseshoe trilithons that open in the direction of the sunrise, there are four stones, called "Station Stones" that may have played an astronomical role. These were placed in a rectangle around the main monument, within the ditch and bank that surrounds the circle of stones. These are believed to point out the moonrise, moonset, sunrise and sunset. Only two stand today.

One of the first people to propose the idea that Stonehenge could have been a tool used in understanding the heavens was 20th century astronomer Gerald Hawkins. He proposed that Stonehenge, which he called a primitive astronomical computer, could predict events of the Moon and Sun as well as eclipses. Hawkins discovered astronomical patterns in the station stones, possibly erected in the first phase of building, and within gaps between trilithons set up the last phase of building. This connection was made by computer calculation, based on maps and charts. It led him to believe that because astronomical properties could be found in two aspects of the monument, there is definite evidence of a heavenly purpose.

Modern day astronomer, Fred Hoyle, tested Hawkins hypothesis. "I set myself the clearcut target of finding out if the stones that exist at Stonehenge could, in fact, be used to predict eclipses -- and it seemed to me that they could."

Hoyle took a slightly different approach to Hawkins. His calculations are based on the 56 pits or Aubrey Holes mentioned earlier. These holes can be found on the inside circle created by the ditch and bank, or henge. Hoyle believed it was possible to determine eclipses by moving three markers, or stones, around the Aubrey holes in such a way that when all three arrived at the same hole, an eclipse of the Sun or Moon was about to occur.

But Stonehenge may not have always been used in this way, according to Hoyle. He believes that the first phase of building, where it was simply a ditch and bank with 56 pits (the Aubrey holes) carved out on the inner side of the henge, is the only section of Stonehenge that holds astronomical value.

"I was convinced that the inner part, which was built around 1500 BC, was really mostly a matter of simply religious construction," Hoyle says. "I thought the people who built the first structures there, approaching 3000 BC, were the cleverest and that the later people didn't know what they were doing."

For the archaeoastronomists, the Aubrey Holes served as fixed reference points along a circle, and their number was essential to astronomical calculations. The cycle of the moon, for example, which takes 27.3 days, can be tracked by moving a marker by two holes each day to complete a circuit in 28 days.

A much longer calculation is to move the marker by three holes per year to complete a full circuit in 18.67 years. In this way, it is argued, it would be possible to keep track of the nodes, points where the paths of the sun and the moon apparently intersect to produce an eclipse. Because the moon slews around in its path, the two nodes move along the path of the sun, a complete circuit of which takes 18.61 years. By means of the markers in the Aubrey Holes and keeping track of the directions of the sun and the moon, the astronomer at Stonehenge could calculate nodal points ahead of time and thus predict both lunar and solar eclipses.

Whether this was in fact the intended use of the Aubrey Holes is highly debatable.

Layout
Layout of Stonehenge

Ley Lines

It has been widely agreed upon that Stonehenge has been built upon a Ley Center, or a strong convergence of Ley Lines. Ley lines are basically part of a large, interconnected 'network' of sacred point all over the Earth. These spots are said to possess high energy or sanctity, depending upon one's interpretation. Temples, churches and megalithic monuments are often built on such spots, where several Ley lines converge, and it is said that Stonehenge may be another spot possessing such high energies. This combined with the rising of the Sun on summer solstice would have had a tremendous impact on the Neolithic's mind, prompting them to declare the area as sacred. To read more on Ley Lines, Click Here.

Mother Earth, Father Sky

One theory very recently proposed suggests that Stonehenge is a sexually symbolic site, with both male and female represented in stone.
To begin with, Stonehenge and other stone monuments in Western Europe were built over 4000 years ago, when Neolithic humans believed in an Earth Mother and a Sky Father. With this information, some see that the stones of Stonehenge constitute an open sky temple implicitly dedicated to the worship of Earth Mother. This is because the monument is heavy with feminine symbolism. Above all, the several concentric circles and the U-settings appear to represent the womb of the Earth Mother while the middle trilithon arch in the outer circle is her vulva.

Second, the axis of the monument is directed at the rising sun on midsummer's day. This is already known. It is only on midsummer morning that the rising sun penetrates the middle-arch of the womb to illuminate the internal Goddess Stone with its radiant energy. Watchers would see the stone sparkling in the reflected light of the Sky God, serving here in his role of the Sun. This constituted a dramatic spectacle in which the actual Marriage and Consummation of the Gods was witnessed.

Hence the inferred Creation Myth of the Stonehenge and Avebury Peoples is that Earth Mother and Sky Father came together to beget the world, and that the midsummer spectacle was the anniversary and dramatic re-enactment of the primordial event.

In other words, the ongoing fertility myth could be that by their annual mating God and Goddess guaranteed the success, the safety and the fertility of the people's uncertain world which was forever at risk from sterility, weather, disease and wild animals. It was an act of expressing in stone and light the concept of the Marriage of the Gods, a belief that was certainly widespread throughout the Ancient World in one form or another.

Sun's shadow penetrates Stonehenge
Sun's shadow penetrating

Egyptians and Atlanteans

Though there is a good body of evidence that Stonehenge and other monolithic sites were used as lunar observatories, this still does not answer the question as to who built them. It has pretty much been established that Britain did not have the skilled population at the time Stonehenge was constructed. There are assumptions that populations to construct these megalithic sites were imported.

The first of many of these assumptions is that these imported people were from Egypt. However, the primary objection to this is the age of the oldest megaliths, approximately 4000 BC -- several centuries before the First Egyptian Dynasty and over 1000 years before the first pyramids.

However, in spite of this objection, the builders are known to be megalithic people, and the term "megalithic culture" is not descriptive of one homogeneous culture but of a complex of cultures. What may have happened, is that a "pre-Sumerian" civilization was established in the Euphrates valley in the fifth millennium BC. From this civilization men sailed to explore all parts of the world. It is suggested, whether by necessity or choice, a group landed in Britain or France and stayed there. They founded the first megalithic culture, and they were the ones who built the first Passage Graves. Eventually with the passage of time they reverted back to barbarianism.

The above suggested solution seems to fail to meet two conditions. Namely, it is doubtful that such early explorers would have the architectural and engineering skills to build Stonehenge. Second, there is no reference to a central distribution point the builders had.

A more plausible suggestion would seem to be the builders of Stonehenge, and possibly the other megaliths as well, came from the kingdom of Atlantis before it sunk into the sea. Evidence of this possibility comes from the quotes of Plato in the "Kritias", a report allegedly from Egyptian archives, that mentions men who lived on the sea "called the Atlantic." Their kings ruled "many islands situated there" and later extended their rule over "those within the Pillars of Hercules up to Egypt and Tyrrhenia."

Although there is a question of the actual existence of Atlantis as discussed in the description of the kingdom, this suggestion seems plausible. Almost everyone agrees Plato was not merely telling a story, but was describing actual known facts, in his description of Atlantis, and in the "Kritias" where he says the capital of these ruling kings was Atlantis.

In his description of Atlantis Plato described it as a perfectly designed, symmetrical city. If the builders of Stonehenge had migrated from Atlantis, then they would have possessed the technical skills to construct the megalith as it is described. If they came directly from Atlantis, then that city could have been their central distribution point. Or, if they had migrated to Egypt first, then the distribution point could have been somewhere in Egypt. If the later is true, then the above theory of early explorers sailing to Britain or France and stating the first megalithic culture becomes more plausible.

Myths of Stonehenge

The story of Stonehenge wouldn't be complete without its legends. These mythical stories serve to explain the meaning of the monument, and maybe even the dangers. One such story says that the henges are gateways to where we originally came from. The legend goes on to suggest that every 5,000 years or so, someone attempts to open one of them, which brings about some horribly catastrophic event.

Evil powers have also been associated with Stonehenge. One myth tells the story of the devil who buys magical stones from an Irish woman. He transports them through the air to Salisbury Plain and then dares the entire village to count the stones in a bizarre-type of riddle. The friar of the village tells him there are too many to tell, which is based on another myth that says it is impossible to count all the stones. The devil gets so angry that he throws one of the stones at him and it hits the friar on his heel. Although the friar is unhurt, the stone is dented and has ever since been known as the Heel Stone.

The legend of King Arthur provides another story of the construction of Stonehenge. It is told by the twelfth century writer, Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his History of the Kings of Britain that Merlin brought the stones to the Salisbury Plain from Ireland. Sometime in the fifth century, there had been a massacre of 300 British noblemen by the treacherous Saxon leader, Hengest. Geoffrey tells us that the high king, Aurelius Ambrosius, wanted to create a fitting memorial to the slain men. Merlin suggested an expedition to Ireland for the purpose of transplanting the Giant's Ring stone circle to Britain.

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the stones of the Giant's Ring were originally brought from Africa to Ireland by giants (who else but giants could handle the job?). The stones were located on "Mount Killaraus" and were used as a site for performing rituals and for healing. Led by King Uther and Merlin, the expedition arrived at the spot in Ireland. The Britons, none of whom were giants, apparently, were unsuccessful in their attempts to move the great stones.

At this point, Merlin realized that only his magic arts would turn the trick. So, they were dismantled and shipped back to Britain where they were set up as they had been before, in a great circle, around the mass grave of the murdered noblemen. The story goes on to tell that Aurelius, Uther and Arthur's successor, Constantine were also buried there in their time. It is only one of probably many legends that reflect the inability to explain how the heavy stones could have ever been transported by primitive humans.

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Other theories link Stonehenge to aliens from other planets, dimensions and even reptilians living inside our Hollow Earth. Some also claim it's a time portal, one only needs to know how to activate it. The theories keep coming, but answers are nowhere in site. Once in a while, a clue comes up that only adds to the mystery.

Who knows what other mysteries or answers Stonehenge will bring us in the future? What is Stonehenge telling us? Is the answer something that has completely escaped our observations, due to us looking at it in a completely incorrect way? Or are we looking for too much when the answer is right there? We should find out soon, we can only hope.