Megaliths (Standing Stones)

They did when they did not have many of the contemporary techniques at their disposal. I wonder what they used back then.

These are always so fascinating. The Prez visited Stonehenge. I love the stones in England.

When you've got lots of people at your command, and there's no television or anything else to do and you've got great stone resources, it probably doesn't seem so odd to build huge things out of stone. They keep changing their minds on what Stonehenge was purposed for. I suppose it might have had more than one purpose.

I don't care what it is except i wish i could go there and visit it..something very calming about that place!

I worked on the restoration of a tumulus, and we needed a big lifting crane for the stone which was covering the central room, weighting about 7 tons ! Although we know how they were doing it, I admire people who built these megaliths.

What is the approximate height of these stones?

It almost certainly was a calendar and many people think that it was a calculator, too, so that they could predict the phases of the moon. It's primary purpose, though, must have been as a religious site. In a farming community, it was very important to know the seasons of the year and there may also have been a belief in the propitious times for planting and doing other things according to the phases of the moon, which survived into quite recent times. There are still people today who believe that plants grow better if they are planted when the moon is waxing and, even if that belief is not remembered, there has been a long tradition in England that potatoes should be planted on Good Friday (Easter is determined by a particular full moon near the Spring equinox).

Of sorts. I think it is also amazing how they moved these heavy stones from Point A to Point B.

Stonehenge is amazing to see, I've driven by many times but wasn't until last year I visited.

You know, to this day, they still claim that stone henge was built by aliens. I don't see that. They have also said that it was some kind of sun dial used to tell time. I don't know if they actually know why they were built, but they are amazing in their own right.

Don't know how the ancient people built them without crane,espeially the ones laid horizontally on top.We have to hand it to ancient people -they were imaginative and creative .

I've always been mesmerized by the relics left by ancient peoples!

A few people built it because they had time to kill and the ability to do it. It only took a few people with elemental abilities to move the rocks. At least in the fantasy.

I used to live in Wiltshire, not all that far from Stonehenge. A recent discovery has been made to the effect that it was far from alone in terms of standing stones - the nearby site at Durrington Walls appears to have been even larger than Stonehenge. The sites may have have multiple functions, such as calendars, burial sites, or ceremonial and religious sites. They were certainly not put there by visitors from other planets, which some people have suggested!

i hear n one really knows what he stonehedge really is for until now and how they would have built it since it is far up. it is quite a mystery

I wonder how the ancient people done this.. Just like pyramid. Really mind-boggling.

It could be the case of building a legend around a thought, or an idea. To plausibility to a calendar, needs more elaboration.

I've been to Stonehenge, it's an awesome sight.

I don't know if they will ever know what the stones were build for and why.

When I was a kid we used to go right up to the stones and were able to touch them. Now you can not get within 25 feet of them. Some people abuse these great monuments thereby spoiling it for others! (IE carving their names into it)