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Unsolved Mysteries
Stonehenge
  • By Andrew
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The Facts
  • The Stonehenge is located in Salisbury, England
  • It is a large circle of boulders that was built around 2500-1600 B.C.
  • Its purpose still remains a mystery to both archeologists and scientists
  • The Heel Stone aligns with the sun during the summer solstice and many other stones that are apart of the monument mark other astronomical events
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Theories
  • During 2100 B.C. there were two half circles of bluestones probably used for astronomical alignments
  • The Stonehenge was used to mark the summer solstice, for the heel stone is in perfect alignment with the sun rise of the summer solstice
  • Legend says that the heel stone was thrown by the devil into an impertinent friar, permanently denting the stone
  • The British could have helped in the making of the Stonehenge, for on some of the stones there are carving of daggers and axes proving a knowledge of           Mediterranean Bronze Age tools
  • Giants is a whimsical answer to who made the Stonehenge
  • Merlin is also thought to have transported the stones from Ireland.
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More Theories
  • The Stonehenge could have been used for religious ceremonies. Thinking that this was the reason of its making, in 1948 the Druids gathered at the Stonehenge and prayed with the priest standing on a wooden platform within the area where the horse-shoe alignment of Sarsen stones would have been if there today.
  • The Stonehenge could be a calendar marking an event in the future based off of astronomical alignments.
  • The Stonehenge could have been an offering for a religious God
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Theories
The 3 Phases
  • Many scientists think that the Stonehenge had three phases in its making.
  • Phase 1:During approximately 2950-2900 B.C. the Stonehenge was but only a circular bank with a diameter of 330 feet and within this bank there was 56 Aubrey holes, named after John Aubrey that held wooden posts.


  • Phase 2: During 2900-2400 B.C. the Aubrey holes indicate that there was timber settings in the middle of the monument, but there is known pattern or configuration of these.  The Aubrey holes no longer held posts and they were filled with a cremation.
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"Phase 3:"
  • Phase 3: 2550-1600 B.C. The monument underwent a sequence of settings of stones.  The first stone setting was that of the Bluestones placed in what is now known as the Q and R Holes, which were dismantled and replaced with a circle of Sarsens and a horseshoe-shape
  • arrangements Trilithons were erected.  The Sarsen circle is 108 feet in diameter and was comprised of 30 stones of which 17 are standing.  Atop these were lintels placed in an endless circle and fitted to curve.  This is one of the most remarkable part of the Stonehenge for scientists to ponder about.
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"Phase I"
  • Phase I
  •                                            Phase II
  •                                                                              Phase III
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My Opinions
  • The mystery of the Stonehenge still hasn’t been answered, but I think that it was made mostly for astronomical alignments, for most primitive people had a great fascination for outer space and for the sun.



  • The building of the Stonehenge is another great mystery yet to be solved and the most proven theory is that of the three stages and not that giants made them.
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 A Special Thanks To
  • http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehenge.html


  • http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/
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The End
  • The Stonehenge is a famous unsolved mystery.
  • Can you solve it?