Stonehenge

Stonehenge has always been on my bucket list. It did not disappoint. I don't know how I can say that since it is just a pile of old rocks, and all rocks are old, but I loved it. Maybe I just love old stuff. I wanted to spend longer in the visitors center learning about it but we were late for the bus. What can I say? I was having an educational experience!

Stonehenge has been around for a long time. It has been used, added to, and rearranged by many different peoples over the millennia. It was first created around 8500 B.C. Yeah. I had no idea it was that old. Some of them we know what they used it for (300 burial mounds are within this 2 mile area), but many of them we really have no idea. The smaller "bluestones" in the middle came from over 155 miles away. Many of these people were much more advanced than we give them credit for. Stonehenge is built to align with the solstices and stars. Don't ask me how, that's not really my area of expertise.

The Heel Stone.

The Dark is Rising, anyone?

I should have gotten a picture of the statistics, but in case you were wondering, this guy was tiny. Certainly shorter than I am.

If you wish to learn more rather than rely on my tired-student-sketch, go here:

 Special Stonehenge Page