Tag: Stonehenge

The ancient stone circle of Stonehenge stands on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. This iconic archaeological site dates to the Neolithic period, some 4,500 years ago. Nobody knows who built Stonehenge, or what the stone circle was used for, but common theories suggest that the stones were a religious site used for worshipping ancient earth deities, a prehistoric observatory used to map the heavens, or a burial site for high ranking figures of the time. Whatever its intended use, the construction of Stonehenge was a monumental task, with the smaller Bluestones…