Stonehenge

Stonehenge, Avebury and their associated sites are from a Neolithic age and represent a masterpiece of human creative genius of this time. The sites are best-known for their ensemble of circular megalithic, which is characteristic of the Neolithic civilization in Britain. On studying these sites it has become clear that they were built in several distinct phases from 3100 to 1100 BC. These sites are one of the most impressive megalithic monuments in the world. This is based on the sheer size of the menhirs, the perfection of the plan – which is based upon a series of concentric circles – and also because of their height. The meaning of these as well as the ability to construct them has intrigued us for many years, even to this day their astronomical significance is still being explored.
The fact that they used different materials to construct these are also intriguing as the used irregular sandstone blocks known as sarsens, quarried from a plain near Salisbury – which makes sense, however, they also used bluestones which were quarried about 200 km away in Pembroke County, Wales. At that point in time, this would have been a tremendous task!