Stonehenge May 30, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Bath , trackbackToday was a perfect day for being outside so we took a tour to Stonehenge. The guide pointed out things along the route (50 minutes by bus). We were told that there is a crop circle in the lot next to Stonehenge but we didn’t see it at all.
We got to see the White Horse which is pretty cool but not the only one of its kind. There are many others similar to it. It is a huge carving of a horse on the side of a hill. It was done by removing the topsoil to reveal the rock beneath. The Celtics would do this to warn others that that hill was theirs and the stay away.
So at Stonehenge we got the free Audio guide that, for me, talked my ear off. But all the same, it was very interesting even though I had been there once before. I suppose it is one of those places you can visit a couple of times and enjoy it every time.
In the area around Stonehenge there are a considerable amount of mounds where important people were buried. These people would be buried with some of their belongings (jewelry, weapons, etc). Some times people were buries with their dog or horse too! And then they would put a huge pile of dirt, and sometimes, they would add ash from a cremation later on.
Stonehenge was built the first time by digging out a sort of trench and using wood instead of stone. They excavated the trench and found primitive tools that were carbon dated to reveal that the trench was dug over 5,000 years ago. It was rebuilt twice after that using stones.Each time it was remade, the area inside the structure became smaller and smaller.
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