Stonehenge

     Stonehenge has been a sight of bewilderment for centuries, but seems that the really mystery isn’t why it was built, but how.  The handout as well as the Stonehenge site conclude that it was really shear will power. The people who built Stonehenge dragged, rolled, and carried that massive stones an impressive distance in order erect Stonehenge. The creators of Stonehenge where true architects and designers because of this. They very well could have built Stonehenge closer to the location of the stones, or built it from materials that weren’t as far away, but they had a plan for its design and so they did whatever it would take to create Stonehenge. According to the Britannia website in the twelfth century a book was written that stated that only giants could carry the stones and it was Merlin from King Authors fables that convinces them to carry the stones.

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   Stonehenge was constructed at a time when everyday life was ruled by religion.  This leads me to believe that the people who constructed Stonehenge created it to aid in religious ceremonies, it kept track of time so that they would know when specific religious events should happen, It also probably was the gathering location for important religious ceremonies (such as cremation of the deceased).

The principals and elements of design help to understand Stonehenge because they give an insight to the possibility of the thinking behind the construction of Stonehenge. There aren’t just randomly placed rocks, the defined shape and form of the monument and the created texture of stone shows that the people who created Stonehenge had planned this sight, they had the knowledge to carry out the plans and create a lasting monument.

    Stonehenge is fascinating not only to me, but to many others as well because of the mystery behind it, we will never know for certain what inspired its creation. It will continue to be an inspiration to design because of its simple appearance, yet complex planning.    

Britannia, 2013, Stonehenge, retrieved from: http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html (Sept. 4,2015)