Stonehenge

@divegeester said
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 😀

Ha ha... 🙂
It must have taken generations to build Stonehenge, people didn'thave very long lives.

@divegeester
Actually people DID NOT have a lot of time on their hands.

Getting food was a full time job.

@torunn said
Ha ha... 🙂
It must have taken generations to build Stonehenge, people didn'thave very long lives.

I imagine so. Same with the pyramids.

@wolfgang59 said
@divegeester
Actually people DID NOT have a lot of time on their hands.

Getting food was a full time job.

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.

@divegeester said
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.

"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.
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

@chaney3 said
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'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.

I found Avebury more impressive.

I have been.
Prefer Woodhenge.