What's your take on Stone Hendge?

United States
September 30, 2008 12:11pm CST
I am just a little bit curious about it is all. Why do you think it was built? How did they build it? How could they lift such heavy rocks with no machinery? What do you think it is all about?
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• United States
1 Oct 08
Stone Hedge - This is a picture of stonehedge
The fact of the matter is they are not for sure they did not use machinery. Simple pulley systems were in use even as far back as early Egypt. Levers were probably used earlier than that. Not to mention a rolloing device where you would take 3-4 rounded logs, place the objevt on the log and roll it remove the logs as the object passes over it and take that log to the front of the object. It would take reletively little effort to move those stone like that. If nothing else you wrap the stones in rope and get enough people pulling on those ropes you can literally move anything as long as the rope holds. Why it was built? More than likely for Druid worship. Since any symbols (for the most part) have been erased due to erosion it would be difficult to say for certain.
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• United States
1 Oct 08
I think that modern times have spoiled me... I can't imagine doing any work like that. I can visualize that what you mean though.. Plus I am old now.. Really I am.... "This is the Oldest that I have ever been!"
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• United States
1 Oct 08
We must be the same age because I am the Oldest I have ever been. :-)
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• United States
4 Oct 08
I am older then you,
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 Sep 08
I really don't know, all I read was that it was some kind of religious structure, from the ancient druids
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• United States
1 Oct 08
My son said that it had to do with the druids too.
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
30 Sep 08
It seems to be a calendar, is what I have read. It may also have had religious significance. I saw a show on PBS where a man and his sons showed how the great stones could have been lifted with very minimal man power by using simple engineering like fulcrums and gravity. I have always been fascinated by Stonehenge.