New Stonehenge settlement been found - What are your ideas on why it was built?
By Bizziebod
@Bizziebod (3497)
January 30, 2007 12:03pm CST
There's been a new stonehenge settlement been found believed to be the workers of stonehenge - see the bbc website - Who has been there? Why do you think it was built? Do you believe it's because of the ley lines it was built? Has anyone been on midsummers day and seen the sun rise over it?
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@Bizziebod (3497)
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30 Jan 07
Thank you for your comment - have you ever been to stonehenge? would you like to go?
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@Darkwing (21583)
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26 Apr 07
I've seen that report, Bizzie and wrote an article about it. Yes, I've been to Stonehenge, and absolutely love it there. It's not too far from where I live so I have easy access.
I think, as do archaeologists who found the new foundations and relics there, that Stonehenge was built for solstices, in particular, Midsummer. Apparently, the relics including waste meat bones and such, indicative of feasting. So, I believe as they do, that it was used for this purpose. Also, though, there are a lot of burial mounds around the site, so I think maybe it was a sacred burial ground, as well, and possibly a farmers' giant calendar and worshipping ground. I think it was certainly built on the ley lines, and is connected with Arthurian territory by these ley lines. Uther, Arthur's father was supposed to have seen the dragon in the sky from there, but whether that's to be believed, I'm not sure. I never rule out possibilities which have not been proven incorrect.
I haven't been there for Midsummer Solstice... it gets a bit crowded and a job to see anything, from all accounts, but I like to go up there and have some privacy. There's certainly a lot of power there.
Brightest Blessings my friend and thank you for such an interesting discussion.
@Darkwing (21583)
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30 Apr 07
Yes, Uther had his vision there. It related to his standard, which he carried in war, or his men did.
I didn't know though, that you were allowed within the stone circle if you booked. I will have to look into that one. I know there's no boundaries on Midsummers Eve, and through the sunrise on Midsummers Day but it's too busy at that time for me, and I like to spend quieter time there. When I went up there amongst coachloads of other tourists, I managed to shut them all out and it felt as though I had the stones to myself. :-)
Brightest Blessings, my dear friend and thank you for the advice.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
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5 May 07
Yes you can go into the centre circles, it's not that expensive though, however, you do have to fill in rather a large form stating why you want to go in there and stuff. It's about 4 A4 pages long from what I'm lead to believe as my friend was going to take me for my birthday later on in the year but I said forget it if they want to know how many pieces of toilet rolls I use per session lol Blessed be!
@Bizziebod (3497)
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30 Apr 07
I didn't know about Arthur's father seeing a dragon in the sky there, I'll look that up! It is a wonderfully mystic place there and have found out that you can actually book to go into the inner circles late at night or early morning, I might look into that. I was there a few weeks ago and it is a mesmerizing place even with hundreds of tourist there you can almost go into a trance-like state just staring at it! Thanks for your response dear friend Blessed Be!
@myl0taldwin (416)
• Philippines
1 Feb 07
Hi can you post here the exact URL in bbc site I can't find it. Thanks
@myl0taldwin (416)
• Philippines
10 Feb 07
Wow. Thanks. These article is very interesting I love reading these kind of articles like pyramids, lost city of incas, atlantica, stonehenge and other architectures that seems to built in mystery and magic.
@Bizziebod (3497)
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1 Feb 07
Hi it's http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6311939.stm (hope that works as I couldn't cut and paste) if not go to the http://news.bbc.co.uk and then in the search put 'stonehenge' thanks for your comment, sorry a bit late in responding! have a great day!
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@Bizziebod (3497)
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10 Feb 07
Yes they're really interesting arn't they. I'm currently reading a book on the Pyraminds and hoping to go their later in the year - I'm sure i'll be putting up discussions after I've been!
@imsilver (1665)
• Canada
31 Jan 07
I am definatly going to look into this... being wiccan stonehenge has always fascinated me but ever since I read the series of books by Diana Gabaldon (if you haven't read them you really really really should) they've become almost an obsession..and yet I hadn't heard of the new ones... but I'm going to have to look at it tomorrow... the bf is beginning to give me "THAT" look.. lol... hopefully a few more posts before I run off to bed...
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@Bizziebod (3497)
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31 Jan 07
It's on the bbc website if you get chance to have a look! Looks like they have found some remains not far from the site of what look to be houses from that time period, pretty exciting stuff if it is!
@Bizziebod (3497)
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8 Feb 07
They're amazing in real life they really are, you can't wander through them anymore, which is a shame but I guess they do need protecting. They are such an unusual monument sitting just off the A30 it's unreal!
@saralee1 (1982)
• United States
26 Apr 07
Ok, I was looking up Druids, since that is mainly what I practice, of sorts....(now called Neo-Druid)and, in my group that I belonged to, we did not believe that druids built stonehenge, only practiced there, although the belief is, that Druids built it. (an old belief).
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@Bizziebod (3497)
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30 Apr 07
Thank you for your enlightening response, I was wondering whether druids actually believed this or not. Thanks.
