Who built Stonehenge and Why?

Stonehenge is a megalithic circle in Southern England. People say it is around 4,600 years ago. There are many different legends and theories about Stonehenge. We first know that stone henge was built before the pyramids. They have big stones in a circle and then little blue stones inside the circle with some other ones.

People think it could be a place to represent the dead. Because they think that the stone represent the dead. But then also nearby Stonehenge they have Woodhenge which is like a similar monument but made out of wood pillars. And the wood represented a place for the living. So they thought as if it was some sort if burial because near and next to Stonehenge they found lots of bones all broken up under the ground. By all the bones they can work out how many bodies there were. Most of the bones where from adult males that would be around the age of 25-40. Also they could tell that the people were fairly healthy. Archeologist has also found ancient tools which are antlers from a deer. Archeologist also think that before they put the stone into place that they shape it with other stones. These stones they weigh a lot so we wonder how they carried it all the way to Stonehenge. Some people think that maybe they used rope and ramps like they did in Egypt when building the pyramids. They have also found these types of ball all around the same size and different carvings on them, archaeologists also think that they could have maybe used that too for moving the stones.

Another theory of Stonehenge is that it could be an observatory. Because the stones line up in a way and line goes to the sun that rises on the shortest day of the year. Archaeologist are always trying to find and use different ways and think of different theories to try and find out how the people moved the rocks and why they put them there.