Stonehenge, Why? And What?

Question

I know some if not a lot about the Stonehenge, but I have read something bout it that I haven't quite figured out. According to the website that I read about the stonehenge on (can't remember the name) the process of building it took 300 years to complete, and it was not finished by the same tribe, but by a whole lot of different tribes around that country, or state (whatever it is!lol). That is what I don't get, why would that many people stick with something for that long? And why would they do it just to have a time piece and a calender?

Answer 1

It was a series of constructions; the earliest stone monument was dismantled to make way for the iconic monument (the ruins of which we see to today). It is simply not known exactly how long any phase took to complete, it is quite possible that once prepared the stones were set in position in months not years ( certainly not 100’s of years for each phase). There is a huge difference between saying it took centuries to construct and demonstrating that it was used and modified over many generations.  Also the idea that is was a calendar or observatory is no more than modern speculation.

Answer 2

Take a look at religious history, different tribes come in at later times to a subscribed institution, celebrate the tradition in accordance to its laws but nevertheless many don't even know why they practice it.  What if this was the same situation?

Answer 3

Stonehenge was a celestial star map built by giants who used advanced tools.

Answer 4

Like many similar archaeological sites world wide, Stonehenge is a celestial observatory. Often these are used to predict eclipse cycles, like the Saros cycle.

Answer 5

You may as well ask why the Mayans built pyramids that had a window to show Venus at the Soltace. Sadly we may never know. It was/is obviously a sacred place, they probably did rituals there.  

Answer 6

It's kind of a moment like those neanderthals throwing bones in the air in 2001 - it's a point in history that what we were became what we are.

A moment in time of understanding and recognition.

It's why we still build monuments and pursue seemingly pointless scientific endeavours.

You are talking about a time when the solar system was unknown, the sun and moon were unknown - basically nothing beyond surviving a hostile landscape was known.

They did not have days or years or hours - they had the sun and day/night.