Stonehenge

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Stonehenge, the most famous prehistoric Megalith in Europe, lies 8 miles north of Salisbury, England. Sometimes it’s tempting to try and explain what this is all about, but when you consider that whole libraries are filled with books on the subject, it’s difficult to say more than Stonehenge consists of huge (some twenty-five feet tall, up to four tons) rocks that were put in place 2,000 to 5,000 years ago. Some experts in Archaeoastronomy say it accurately predicts eclipses, change of seasons, etc., others say it does some of that, but not as much as reported elsewhere. Whatever the researchers say, it’s about the oldest and most fantastic man-made structure in the world

Most people who have heard of a Megalith, have heard of Stonehenge, but there are hundreds and hundreds stone circles, dolmens, ancient standing stones, cairns, barrows, hillforts and archaeology of megalithic Europe, all over the British Isles, and other parts of Europe. At Carnac, France, for example, there are 2,792 menhirs (a prehistoric, single tall, upright stone up to 12 feet tall) set in rows, very likely used as a prehistoric astronomical “computer.”
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Another, year, another view, but still 5,000 years old. When we visited in yet another year, we found a fence has been put in place to keep tourists from touching the stones. We have read somewhere they are talking about digging a tunnel so the nearby road with not continue to generate pollution, and so the traffic will not continue to jiggle this fascinating structure.