| The Stonehenge of the United Kingdom is one of | | | | the Stonehenge was built in the late Neolithic era |
| the most heard tourism places on earth. The | | | | and this construction continued when the Beaker |
| Stonehenge is nothing but a group of pillar like | | | | people took up the cause. |
| stones arranged in a certain way of correlation. | | | | Today, it is widely accepted that the Stonehenge |
| However, even today people do not know the | | | | may have been constructed more than five |
| real purpose of the Stonehenge and there are | | | | thousand years ago. The blue stones came from |
| several theories relating to it. | | | | Prescelly Mountains that was located in Wales and |
| Some people think that it was a place of worship | | | | was nearly 250 miles away. It could have been |
| and people considered this arrangement of stones | | | | dragged by land or they could have been brought |
| as gods. Another theory was that this could be a | | | | in by river rafts. The outer ring of the |
| burial sight for prominent people during the ancient | | | | Stonehenge is made of Marlborough Downs, which |
| civilization. However, there are only a few stones | | | | was located twenty miles away. |
| at this place, so this theory is not well accepted. | | | | Stonehenge is considered to be one of the UK's |
| Some others believe that druids were responsible | | | | greatest treasures, but its original purpose is still |
| for laying the stones with the intention of | | | | covered in mystery. Therefore, these monoliths |
| worshipping them. However, this theory too is | | | | could have been used for any purpose - an |
| rubbished as the druids were known to worship in | | | | observatory to see the stars, a burial ground for |
| forest temples. The most accepted theory is that | | | | the elite or even a place of worship. |