Origin of stonehenge and meaning

What I just learned recently is that the stones that are seen there are resting on quite a few other stones, as it appears that there were layers of stones there throughout history. It is clear now that the site predated the Druids. It is possible that it was a site for healing, a site where the magnetic forces were conducive to contact with other worlds or times, a site where the phases of the sun and moon and the stars could be plotted out for planting and harvesting... It does not seem that anything is certain about what was done there. It is an interesting topic for discussion though.

We used to live very near to Stonehenge,and every weekend it was absolutely packed with tourists...it was an extremely popular place to visit. In particular it held a great fascination for the eastern tourists. People always took oodles of photographs. I think that because we lived near it,we took very little notice of it really...just passing it by and virtually ignoring it!! I know very little about its origins...the solstice is celabrated there...the druids go there. It would maybe be worth me lookin it all up...and when you think how many times i passed by...and i know very little about it... There is another stone circle nearby ..at Amesbury....a smaller version of Stonehenge.

I just read an article telling that scientists are about to dig inside the stonehenge for the first time ever. This ougt to let us all know more about what they are exactly. As I understand it, no one really know for sure today.

I really recommend visiting the stones if you are interested as you are given a guide radio that tells you all the different stories about where they came from and it's an amazing place. There are so many theories and folk stories about the stones I can't write them all but there is one stone that stands by the road and a certain day of the year at a certain time it casts a shadow over a stone in the center of the circle suggesting it was made as some kind of calendar or for religious worship.

I remember having the same fixation the very first time I laid eyes on it. I was intrigue by its overly simplistic appearance yet somehow or something is drawing me to it, you know what I mean. So when ever I stumble on article about the Stonehenge, I never let it pass without reading it. The last I read was same with Phlamingho. Maybe your 9 year old would unravel it someday.

If you go to Stonehenge you will discover that the stones are just one small part of a vast complex of lines and circles dug into the plain on which they stand. There are also many burial mounds close by. I think the stones were put there for ceremonial use, and as a sort of calendar to mark the changing seasons. Each year on midsummer morning the rising sun shines directly onto one of the stones in the middle of the circle. This is not unique. There are smaller stone and wood henges in different parts of Britain which did the same. It is still not known how the huge stones were transported and put into position. It was obviously an important place and people would have travelled long distances to get there. It is a wonderful experience to see it and it does feel mysterious and sacred.