Stonehenge

IMG_2288 Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument

IMG_2291 It was constructed in three main phases

IMG_2292 Phase 1: 3050BC, Circular ditch and bank (a henge)

IMG_2294 Phase 2: 2600BC, Wooden structure constructed at center

IMG_2298 Phase 3: 2500-1500BC, Stone monument constructed, arranged and re-arranged over almost 1,000 years

IMG_2301 The larger stones are Sarsen stones

IMG_2302 They are brought from the Marlborough Downs 19 miles away

IMG_2305 The small stones are Bluestones

IMG_2307 They are from the mystical Preseli Mountains in Wales, 240 miles away

IMG_2308 Sir Cecil Chubb was the last private owner of Stonehenge

IMG_2313 Sir Cecil Chubb purchased Stonehenge on September 21, 1915 for £6,600 in an auction

IMG_2314 Sir Cecil Chubb gave Stonehenge to the nation on October 26, 1918

IMG_2315 Stonehenge is a place of pilgrimage for neo-druids

IMG_2316 Neo-druids is a form of modern spirituality or religion that generally promotes harmony and worship of nature, and respect for all beings, including the...

IMG_2317 The horizontal stones that joined the vertical stones are called lintels (headers)

IMG_2318 Sarsen Stones are a dense, hard rock created from sand bound by a silica cement, making it a kind of silicified sandstone.

IMG_2319 The term Bluestones in Britain is used in a loose sense to cover all of the foreign stones at Stonehenge

IMG_2320 Sheeps roaming in farm next to Stonehenge

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IMG_2324 There are also a Slaughter Stone and two Station Stones