Stonehenge Prehistoric Monument Located in England
The prehistoric English monument Stonehenge is known as one of histories earliest ways of telling the seasons. Work around Stonehenge began around 3500 BC, give or take a few centuries. The actual stones were erected between 2500-2200 BC and work on it continued until about 1600 BC. The last usage of Stonehenge was probably during the Iron Age. ~There is evidence that the site was used for thousands of years before there was any construction. Archaeologists have found large Mesolithic postholes which date to around 8000 BC, beneath the nearby modern tourist car-park.
In 1963, the British astronomer Gerald Hawkins published an article in the Scientific publication "Nature" about the analyses he had done with the Harvard-Smithsonian IBM computer. He claimed to have found dozens of alignments. According to Wikipedia: "He had studied 165 significant features at the monument and used the computer to check every alignment between them against every rising and setting point for the sun, moon, planets, and bright stars in the positions they would have been in 1500 BC. Thirteen solar and eleven lunar correlations were very precise against the early features at the site with precision falling during the megalithic stages. Hawkins also proposed a method for using the Aubrey holes to predict lunar eclipses by moving markers from hole to hole." He concluded that the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge was actually a 'Neolithic computer.'
Although Gerald Hawkins linked the features he found with two solstices, equinoxes, and lunar and solar eclipses, not everyone agrees. British archaeologist Richard J. C. Atkinson and others have rejected the idea of Stonehenge being an astronomical observatory or "Stone Age Calculator." Because skeletal remains from 3000 BC were found, one hypothesis is that Stonehenge was an elite circle for the dead.
In the 1920s, the English archaeologist Alfred Watkins brought a new theory to the table. He connected Stonehenge with other sites in England, including Glastonbury and Avebury/Silbury. When he looked at them as a whole, he concluded they served as "ley lines" to navigate through the once dense forests. This theory was popular for a while but then died down, regaining popularity in the 1970s with the discovery of the Nazca lines as seen from the air over the fields of Peru, and remaining a controversial theory today.
Ancient Druid temple? Prehistoric astronomical observatory? Ancient burial site? Power center and vortex? You decide.
In 1963, the British astronomer Gerald Hawkins published an article in the Scientific publication "Nature" about the analyses he had done with the Harvard-Smithsonian IBM computer. He claimed to have found dozens of alignments. According to Wikipedia: "He had studied 165 significant features at the monument and used the computer to check every alignment between them against every rising and setting point for the sun, moon, planets, and bright stars in the positions they would have been in 1500 BC. Thirteen solar and eleven lunar correlations were very precise against the early features at the site with precision falling during the megalithic stages. Hawkins also proposed a method for using the Aubrey holes to predict lunar eclipses by moving markers from hole to hole." He concluded that the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge was actually a 'Neolithic computer.'
Although Gerald Hawkins linked the features he found with two solstices, equinoxes, and lunar and solar eclipses, not everyone agrees. British archaeologist Richard J. C. Atkinson and others have rejected the idea of Stonehenge being an astronomical observatory or "Stone Age Calculator." Because skeletal remains from 3000 BC were found, one hypothesis is that Stonehenge was an elite circle for the dead.
In the 1920s, the English archaeologist Alfred Watkins brought a new theory to the table. He connected Stonehenge with other sites in England, including Glastonbury and Avebury/Silbury. When he looked at them as a whole, he concluded they served as "ley lines" to navigate through the once dense forests. This theory was popular for a while but then died down, regaining popularity in the 1970s with the discovery of the Nazca lines as seen from the air over the fields of Peru, and remaining a controversial theory today.
Ancient Druid temple? Prehistoric astronomical observatory? Ancient burial site? Power center and vortex? You decide.
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