Who really built Stonehenge?

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Poll Results: Who built Stonehenge? (66 votes.)

Who built Stonehenge? (Choose 1)
* Aliens - 8% (5)
* Druids - 35% (23)
* Egyptians - 0% (0)
* Greeks - 0% (0)
* Leprechauns - 2% (1)
* Phoenicians - People from an ancient maritime country at eastern end of the Mediterranean - 2% (1)
* Picts - A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland in early times. - 14% (9)
* Stonehenge was just a Lego set for giants - 14% (9)
* No one will ever know - 11% (7)
* Other - 17% (11)

Jan des Bouvries. :D

Why not throw in pyramid and the easter island head statue thingy altogether?

(my english and memory are not good) Isn't there a rule like when in doubt look for the simplest explanation? You guys can construct every posssibility that these were built by human. i cannot see how these are simpler explanation than aliens.

Ockam's Razor, isn't it? I'm not quite sure of the spelling.

Do you mean Occam's Razor (http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/OCCAMRAZ.html)?

One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything. I thought that all of the choices were perfectly logical. Well, as far as my logic goes anyways. :D

The guys before Celts, it's not clear what exactly they were. Something close to Iberian autochtones, but it's not like anything is sure about them. The assumption in work here is that Stonehenge is too old to be Celtic.

Did you know that Atlantis was supposed to be beneath the Irish sea? It's true. That's why nobody is allowed to do a survey of the ocean floor.

Takara, what exactly is your definition of the word 'true'? :confused:

Yeah, this one hasn't been figured out yet. Could've been a bunch of pre-historic treehuggers. Druids.

Either way, I pretty much accept that they were star-watchers. Which is most intelligentous. Spherical geometery and mechanical engineering and all that.

It was an American, because EVERYTHING of significance, grandeur, and mysterious importance in this world was built by Americans.

:grin:

@harbourboy
True: Anything heard in rumour, speculation, one's opinion, on a website, found in a turnip patch, or occasionally a fact.

couldnt have been druids, it was built before they even existed. it was built by the people who lived around Salisbury Plain in England

Bob the Builder of course, everyone knows that.

Them aliens did it, not the ones with the anal probes though.

OK guys we can get into a HUGE! debate about this, but it is really impossible to say who exactly did it, it is like one of those mysteries of life (but it is very interesting to research and ponder) but i have to disagree with Erebus about the aliens idea :toofar:

I think I should start adding smilies when I'm being sarcastic or something of the such.

i know you were being sarcastic Erebus, sorry for not implying that, but i just think went a bit far with the anal probes... put me off my easter chocolate is all (yes i know you said the ones without the anal probes, but the mentioning of them just.....isnt good) just my opinion

Elvis Presley

Stonehenge is only strange and unique because the stones used in its construction were too large for people to plunder and use in their own buildings.

The robbing out of henges and carns to obtain building materials was still widespread in the 50s in Ireland. Mechanical diggers have only served to accelerate the process. In 2002 a four foot high stone thought to have been a bronze age monument was taken from a field in Northern Ireland. There is speculation that it may have been wanted for a collector's garden ornament. This is only one example of the currently ongoing and unreported destruction of monuments all over the country. I'm assuming that the fate of southern England's monuments has been no different, and that many of smaller, older henges that preceded Stonghenge have been recycled, thereby removing it from its commonplace context.

Since Stonehenge is only important because all the other henges have been used for landfill, the question isn't so much 'Who built it?' but rather 'Who will dismantle it, shunt it into a folk park out of the way and allow that flat building land with good road access to be profitably utilised?'

good point Bluin, i reckon we should make use of the land instead of leaving a bunch of pointless rocks there

I didn't choose aliens but I think that it's possible. The creation and mechanics of a lot of ancient monuments are still a huge mystery because a lot of them utilized concepts that were far ahead of their years.

I can't see how you can describe stonehenge as pointless. It is a valuable link to our history, and is a site that should be preserved because it is now,(unfortunately) unique. You might as well say tear down the pyramids or bulldoze Aires rock so you can build on the ground.

I agree. If you need flat land to build on, go to Australia, Sahara, Sibiria or Ankartis for christ sake. Sure, they may be uninhabitable, maybe hostile at times, but that is worth it if the only other choise is to destroy an ancient monument instead.

Say NO to bulldozing. :D
Let us all support the War on Bulldozing. :shake:

I did. Honestly. One day I was bored and fiddling with rocks. The result is what you today call Stonehenge. ;)

All hail the mighty stone builder! ;)

@Shell: Spoken like a true Mom. :D

Since Stonehenge is only important because all the other henges have been used for landfill, the question isn't so much 'Who built it?' but rather 'Who will dismantle it, shunt it into a folk park out of the way and allow that flat building land with good road access to be profitably utilised?' It was an American, because EVERYTHING of significance, grandeur, and mysterious importance in this world was built by Americans.
You guys were both more right than you realize: Stonehenge in America (http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/about.htm#ston)

Definitely a lego set for giants as such. Upon consideration of this question I can honestly say that IMHO, it was most likely some kind of sport or game equipment for the giants that lived in history. Seriously.

Perhaps set up for a game - or tournament - of marbles or some such.

I think dominoes would be better. The way they are arranged reminds me of those dominoes that fall down and knock over the next.

If that's true then whoever set up those dominoes did a really good job.

But in case you vere all wondering, I voted alien.

Stonghenge, hmmm, big, big, heavy carved stones and in unusual pattern laid. Hmmm, must be done by force, must be done by powerful force. Must be done by Yoda and Jedi Knights. :D

Dude, pacman, I almost choked in my beer lol, but ofcourse the aliens have build Stonehenge, they come all the way from planet oogybooloogy, thousands of lightyears from here, to stack some stones together, and then hide and see what happens hihihi

@ Pac man & Morgoth

It wasn't Jan, the stones of Stonehenge are squarish, but they're not white enough... :D