The building of Stonehenge

Stonehenge, as you might know, was built in series.

First a trench (as you saw in the last picture). Then a woodhenge, with posts of wood.

Then some of the stones (the smaller bluestones, from Wales, which were moved about 120 miles).

Then, the big Sarsens, which were the last to be put in, and came from only about 40 miles away (from a field of erratics, called Sarsen fields, like the one I showed you).


These different layers were not even close to contemporary.

Put it this way -- if the Sarsens had been put down today. Then...

Bluestones -- Leonardo da Vinci was alive (1500s)
Wooden posts -- We were in the dark ages (1000s)
Trench was built -- Julius Caeser was getting assasinated (~ O AD)

So, to the people who built the Stone circle, the henge would already have looked to them, like Roman artefacts look to us today.

Astounding!