Stonehenge Research Paper

Stonehenge one of the more popular “big stones” amongst the groups of what are classified as menhirs caught my attention because of its majestic structure and its beautiful green body of land which just pokes out at you and grabs the eye. What immediately drew me into this glorious architectural construction is the complexity of its body of work. Instantly I became so concerned because I couldn’t help but think well how did they do it? Good question how did they construct such a sophisticated monument of pillars. It was thought that at least 200 men had to assist in building this structure which was raised on a lever dropping these stones into a prepared pit. Now, why did these men go through all this hard work to put together a bunch of stones? Instantly I …show more content…
The endless possibilities are what makes this monument so legendary to me because it will always be an open-ended question that almost can’t be answered it is all just speculations. I could even go to believe that these pillars are something that could not be taught because of the variety of answers with no absolute truth. I think the greatest approach to these pillars are open-mindedness and just understanding that no one’s theory is right or wrong it is solely based off what you believe is true. When I was introduced to Stonehenge through Pritchett’s teachings, my college professor, I left the class with so many questions to where I even talked to a close friend about what I have learned. It brought out a sort of happiness in me to where I had to think and I could have an input into something and not look so dumb or miserably wrong about what I have thought about the