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@divegeester saidHa ha... 🙂
Massive amounts of man-power (non gender specific power I should say), same as how the pyramids were constructed. People had a lot of time on their hands in those days of no internet, TV or cheap holidays in the Algarve 😀
It must have taken generations to build Stonehenge, people didn'thave very long lives.
25 Nov 18
@divegeester
Actually people DID NOT have a lot of time on their hands.
Getting food was a full time job.
25 Nov 18
@torunn saidI imagine so. Same with the pyramids.
Ha ha... 🙂
It must have taken generations to build Stonehenge, people didn'thave very long lives.
25 Nov 18
@wolfgang59 saidAgreed. No MaccyDees either!
@divegeester
Actually people DID NOT have a lot of time on their hands.
Getting food was a full time job.
Nevertheless to provide sufficient manpower to locate, quary and transport those stones would have been a huge human resource effort from several neighbouring communities I expect.
25 Nov 18
@divegeester said"Built in several stages, Stonehenge began about 5,000 years ago as a simple earthwork enclosure where prehistoric people buried their cremated dead. The stone circle was erected in the centre of the monument in the late Neolithic period, around 2500 BC.
Agreed. No MaccyDees either!
Nevertheless to provide sufficient manpower to locate, quary and transport those stones would have been a huge human resource effort from several neighbouring communities I expect.
Two types of stone are used at Stonehenge: the larger sarsens, and the smaller bluestones. There are 83 stones in total."
/BBC History Magazine and BBC World Histories Magazine
25 Nov 18
@chaney3 saidI've been there, twice. Once when one could still get up close and touch the stones, and there was hardly anyone else there. Then again later after fences had been erected. It's a disappointment now that you can't get close and hoards of visitors are milling around.
Who has visited Stonehenge?
There seem to be a lot of people on this site that are close to it.
What did you think?
I found Avebury more impressive.
