Stonehenge-When? Who? Why?

Author’s Note: Since history first started recording Stonehenge, Stonehenge has been a mystery. The three biggest questions being who built Stonehenge, how did those people build Stonehenge, and why? This essay is only meant to be on when, who and why, not how, but because there are so many stories and theories in answer to “who built Stonehenge” that include “how was Stonehenge built”, these will not be incorporated. This essay has also been written for a reader with a fair bit of knowledge about Stonehenge and its environment.

Stonehenge, an ancient stone monument on Salisbury Plain, England, was built in three stages- Stonehenge I-the earthwork monument, Stonehenge II-the wooden monument, and Stonehenge III-the stone monument. The oldest part of Stonehenge is the post-holes. These are collections of holes at the north-east and southern entrances, and the centre of Stonehenge. These holes date to about 8000 B.C., older than any of the other ancient world monuments. S...