In the late Bronze Age, these primitive clannish communities chose to put considerable time and effort into gathering huge rocks and arranging them into ceremonial circles for the use in rituals with long-forgotten meanings.

The people of the Middle Ages had some interesting explanations for the circles.  Example:  they were arranged by giants! (Well that could be the answer!)  Later the stones were thought to be petrified partiers who had been caught dancing on the Sabbath!  The latest theory is aliens did it!  No matter how they got here, it blows your mind to get up close to these mega ton monoliths.

We were very blessed to be able tour inside the circle with world renowned expert, Pat Shelley.  We were able to enter the circle with Pat before it opened to the public.  He brought it to life with is treasure trove of knowledge.  Having worked with National Geographic, the BBC and PBS for many, many years, there is very little he doesn’t know about Stonehenge. No matter what you think the circle was used for, celestial observatory, ritual burial grounds or giant sundial, the fact that Neolithic tribes, before the invention of the wheel made this place happen.  This is a mystery that will, most likely, never be solved definitely…………and that’s precisely what makes it so magical.