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We've all seen pictures or documentaries about these Neolithic circles
of stones and surrounding barrows. However, knowing what you're in for
still doesn't quite prepare a person (especially one fascinated by
ancient history, archaeology, and astronomy) to see the mysterious and
impressive site of Stonehenge. To this day archaeologists disagree on the reason Stonehenge was constructed...ideas
ranging from a monument for the dead, a place of worship, astronomically
aligned for an ancient calendar, or most recently the idea that it was a
place of healing that the ill or injured would travel to to get well.
Just standing and imagining these different possibilities as well as
pondering the feat accomplished by bringing the inner blue stones (which
weighed tons each) from over 200 miles away made this World Heritage
Site well worth the trip for us.
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