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Page 1: Where is Stonehenge? Location: Wiltshire, Southwestern England, West of the Avon River on Salisbury Plain Three Phases of Construction –Stonehenge One
Page 2: Where is Stonehenge? Location: Wiltshire, Southwestern England, West of the Avon River on Salisbury Plain Three Phases of Construction –Stonehenge One

Where is Stonehenge?

• Location: Wiltshire, Southwestern England, West of the Avon River on Salisbury Plain

• Three Phases of Construction– Stonehenge One– Stonehenge Two– Stonehenge Three

(Hamlin 910-911) (“Stonehenge, England”)

Page 3: Where is Stonehenge? Location: Wiltshire, Southwestern England, West of the Avon River on Salisbury Plain Three Phases of Construction –Stonehenge One

Stonehenge One

• Began around 3100 B.C.• First step – Dig circular

ditch• Second step – Aubrey

Holes• Third Step – Placement

of Slaughter Stones• Fourth Step – Placement

of Heel Stone(Hamlin 910-911) (“Stonehenge”) (“Stonehenge, England”)

Page 4: Where is Stonehenge? Location: Wiltshire, Southwestern England, West of the Avon River on Salisbury Plain Three Phases of Construction –Stonehenge One

Mystery of Stonehenge One

Heel stone is level with Horizon.

(Stonehenge decoded 58-59).

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Mystery of Stonehenge One (continued)

• Abandoned around 2900 B.C.• Nearest site of bluestones: over 100 miles away• Theories to Stonehenge One

– The stones were moved from Wales down the Avon River to Stonehenge and then rolled on logs to construction site.

– The stones were brought way earlier by an iceberg. Workers rolled these stones to the construction site.

(Hamlin 910-911) (“Stonehenge”)

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Stonehenge Two

• Construction began around 2600 B.C.

• New Generation of Druids (Celts) were believed to have completed this phase.

• In this phase of construction, the Horseshoe trilithon is built.

• Trilithon - a setting of stones where there are two stones erected beside each other and one stone laid on top of the two standing stones to make an arch-like setting.

(Hamlin 910-911)

(“Stonehenge”)

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Stonehenge Two

• Construction of Horseshoe shaped trilithon– Brought fifteen bluestones to the

edge of the site– Beaten with hammers until finally

smooth– Ten stones brought in and set

vertically in a horseshoe shape facing the main entrance

– The remaining five stones were laid on top of the ten vertical stones

• This created five separated trilithons that created a horseshoe

(“Stonehenge”)(“Stonehenge, England”)

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Mystery of Stonehenge Two

• First theory– Dirt ramp was built to top of the vertical stones and

the stones were pushed to the top

• With so much pressure and weight on the vertical stones, how did they not fall down?

• This is why this theory is not highly accepted.

(Hamlin 910-911).

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First theory

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Mystery of Stonehenge Two (continued)

• Most widely accepted theory– Workers pushed the stone on a platform at the base

of two vertical stones– With hammers and wedges, workers lifted the stone

high enough to put another plaform underneath it– After repeating this process over and over, the stone

would be at the height of the vertical stones– Workers then slid the stone on top to create the

trilithon– This process of setting stones on top was repeated

for all five groups of trilithons

(Stonehenge Decoded)

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Stonehenge Three

• Started construction around 2300 B.C.– This is the final stage of construction– Like Stonehenge Two, a new generation of workers

built Stonehenge Three• Built with Sarsen stones

– Quarry located twenty miles away from Stonehenge– Weighed twenty-five tons and stood thirteen and a half

feet tall• Sixty Stones carried from the quarry

– Before they were assembled inside of the circular ditch; a large stone, called the Altar Stone, was laid in the middle of the horseshoe

(“Stonehenge, England”)(Hamlin 910-911)

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Stonehenge Three

• Thirty sarsen stones were stood vertically all facing the horseshoe in a circle

• The other thirty sarsen stones were laid on top of the vertical stones– Instead of being paired into

groups, the lintels “top stones” shared base stones to create a circle (hint the name Sarsen Circle)

(“Stonehenge”)(Hamlin 910-911)

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Stonehenge construction

• Gerald S. Hawkins

(Stonehenge Decoded)(Beyond Stonehenge)

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Gerald S. Hawkins (Continued)

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Other Reasons for Construction

Religious Worship Center for Fertility

Woodhenge

Alien Landing Site (Owens)

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Video

http://www.history.com/flash/VideoPlayer.swf?vid=53144635701

(“Stonehenge”)

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Bibliography

• Hamlin, Christine. “Stonehenge.” World Book. Chicago: World Book Inc., 2011.

• Hawkins, Gerald S. Beyond Stonehenge. New York: Harper and Row, 1973. Print.

• Hawkins, Gerald S. Stonehenge Decoded. Garden City New York: Doubleday and Company Inc. 1965. Print.

• Owens, James. “Scientists Try to Crack Stonehenge’s Prehistoric Puzzles—National Geographic.” Science and

Space Facts, Science and Space, Human Body, Health, Earth, Human Disease – National Geographic. National

Geographic. Web. 26 Jan. 2012.http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/stonehenge/.

• “Stonehenge.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 2012.

Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/567331/Stonehenge.

• “Stonehenge, England.” Sacred Sites at Sacred Destinations – Explore Sacred Sites, Religious Sites, Sacred

Places. 12 Feb. 2011. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/england/stonehenge.