2. Stonehenge is one of the most popular
prehistoric monuments in Europe. It is
located in Wiltshire, England. There are
many ideas about how this monument
was created. Archeologists believe that
it was raised between 3000 and 2000 BC.
Some people think that these giant rocks
were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC.
Other theory suggests that it was raised
at the site as early as 3000 BC.
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4. The name comes from the Old
English, the words - stān (stone) and
hencg (hinge) or hen(c)en (gallows).
From the word henge a word henges
(circles) was created - now the objects
of this shape are called this name.
5. The stones of Stonehenge are set in the
shape of the circle. There is an alley
before the monument. There is the Heel
Stone near the Stonehenge (it was
probably the place used for an
astronomic purposes). There are two
trenches that indicate East and West on
21st March when you are on the top of
the Heel Stone.
8. No one knows how prehistoric people
raised giant and heavy stones.
No one knows when it was built.
Maybe it was place where the Sun or
other deities were worshipped (the kind
of temple).
9. Maybe it was stone calendar.
The archeologists discovered that the
daggers and weapons are engraved in
the stones, but they don’t know yet what
it means.
Maybe it was a cemetery and all of the
stones were tombstones.
