"Stonehenge" is the name given to a megalith (a large construction) located in Wiltshire, England, made up of a series of buried stones, arranged in a circular fashion. This, along with other remains of prehistoric monuments in the surroundings, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. This type of construction is often called “crómlech”, a term that comes from the old Welsh “crwnlech ”, That is,“ flat stone (placed in) curve ”. A level world, Stonehenge enjoys great popularity, attracting millions of visitors a year.
The Stonehenge is formed by a series of rocks of different heights, organized in four concentric circles. The row of rocks outside has a measure of at least 30 meters high; Within it, there are other smaller rocks, which are distinguished by their blue color. In the middle of the monument, there is a large flat stone, which is always referred to as "The Altar". Its construction dates to around 2500 BC, during the Neolithic; it was modified some time later, acquiring the current appearance. The methods that were used for its construction remain unknown, but the hypothesis that the stones were mobilized with wooden balls has gained great popularity.
The University of Sheffield researcher, archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson, carried out a series of excavations in which he discovered an entire community, full of rocky houses that were inhabited only at specific times of the year; thus, they began to speak of a great complex of chrome and ceremonial avenues. However, as for the objective of Stonehenge, it has been argued that it could have served as an astronomical observatory or a kind of altar, to worship the corpses of important people; the first is sustained by the summer solstice, because, during this, the sun rises through the axis of the construction and sets through the axis of the Woodhenge, while the second by the discovery of the remains of 300 people, whose time of deathagrees with that of the building.
