Construction techniques and design

There are a lot of speculation about how Stonehenge was built. If the blue stones transported by people of Wales and not brought here by glaciers were as Aubrey Burl suspects there are many methods that huge stone with ropes and wood to move.

As part of an experiment was tried in 2001 transporting a large stone along the presumed land and sea route from Wales to Stonehenge. Many volunteers took him on a wooden sledge over land, and loaded him about it on the reproduction of a historic boat. But this soon along with the stone sank in rough seas in the Bristol Channel.

It has been suggested that A-shaped wooden frame, similar to a roof structure were used to erect the stones and move them with ropes in a vertical position. The roof-stones may have been raised, for example, with wooden platforms and then moved in height to her place. Alternatively, they could also have been pushed over a ramp in position or moved upward. The pin connections on the stones at builderart suggest that the people involved already had skills of woodworking. Such information could have been a great help in the design and erection of this monument.

By Alexander Thom, the view was expressed that using the builders of Stonehenge, the megalithic yard as a base for various lengths have.

The engraved on the Sarsenstones depictions of weapons are unique in megalithic art in the British isles. Elsewhere, abstract images were preferred. Similarly, unusual for this culture is the horseshoe arrangement of the stones, as elsewhere, the stones were arranged in circles. However, the discovered Axtmotives is comparable with the symbols of Brittany in this time. It is therefore likely that at least two construction phases of Stonehenge were built under continental influence is significant. This would explain, among other things, the unusual nature of the monument.

Nevertheless, Stonehenge is a very unusual monument, also in the larger context of the entire prehistoric European culture.

There are estimates of manpower, each of which was necessary for the establishment of the various phases of Stonehenge. The totals exceed this multi-million man hours. Stonehenge 1 has probably about 11,000 hours of work required, Stonehenge 2 is about 360.000, and the various parts of Stonehenge 3 may have requires up to 1.75 million hours worked. The processing of the stones is one of approximately 20 million hours of work, especially considering the moderately powerful tools at this time. The general will for the establishment and maintenance of this structure must have been very strong, and therefore required a further pronounced social organization. In addition to the highly complex organization of the construction project (planning, transportation, processing, and precise details of the stones) this also requires a high level of years of overproduction of food to feed the actual "workers" during her work with the project Stonehenge.