Wider World of Stonehenge: Long Distance Connections and Winter Solstice Festivals

(July 2, 2022) The first stage of Stonehenge and Bluehenge down at the Avon river were built around 3,100 BCE. The last stage of Stonehenge with its famous large sarsen stone stones was built around 2500 just prior to the Indo-European (Bell Beaker culture) invasion of Britain. After the invasion, Bluehenge was dismantled yet Stonehenge continued to be used to celebrate the winter Solstice for another 1000 years.

Life Network Images Found Near Stonehenge

Life Network Images Found Near Stonehenge

King Barrow Ridge is just east of Stonehenge and it consists of a series of barrow cemeteries.
Image from British Museum presentation by Alison Sheridan entitled "Exploring the Wider World of Stonehenge: Long Distance Connections and Movements" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjJZUWTts3M&t=4323s 
Stonehenge Linked to Orkney Island

Stonehenge Linked to Orkney Island

Image from British Museum presentation by Alison Sheridan entitled "Exploring the Wider World of Stonehenge: Long Distance Connections and Movements" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjJZUWTts3M&t=4323s 
Bluehenge on the Banks of the Avon River

Bluehenge on the Banks of the Avon River

A reconstruction of what is being called Bluehenge after the dolomite rock used in its construction. This rock is a mixture of white and black specks giving it a gray or bluish color from a distance. It was connected to Stonehenge by a path. (image from https://www.wondermondo.com/stonehenge/)

How Stonehenge Blocks Were Moved

They were moved by shifting its weight by placing stones on top and by rotating around two stones on the bottom.

 

 

The Mysterious Object Found in a Prehistoric Burial Site

(May 16, 2024) A good report by History Hit on the 5,000-year-old stone drum discovered within an ancient children's burial site. This was displayed as part of the "World of Stonehenge" exhibition at the British Museum.

The drum was found on a country estate near the village of Burton Agnes in East Yorkshire, England, in 2015 when a routine excavation had to be carried out so the owners could erect a structure.

This video shows it on display in the British Museum exhibition and provides a good view of the back showing either Druid concentric circles or Druid Spirals arranged in a 2 x 4 grid. Concentric circles represent the motion powers of the heavenly bodies, specifically the celestial light powers of the goddess Selu/Selene. Druid spirals, on the other hand, when arranged in either a 2 x 3 or 2 x 4 grid represent the clustered divine powers of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm.