Stanenges, where stones of wonderful size have been erected after the manner of doorways, so that doorway appears to have been raised upon doorway; and no one can conceive how much great stones have been so raised aloft, or why they were built there." These are the words of Henry of Huntingdon, the first words ever recorded in history pertaining to the marvel known as Stonehenge (Chippindale 20). The features, theories, and uses of this ancient …
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…bluestones within the great sarsens. They were placed in what appeared to be an oval shape. During phase IIIc, which lasted from 1550 B.C. to 1100 B.C., stones were moved at Stonehenge for the last time. The oval of bluestones within the horseshoe of sarsens was rearranged into a horseshoe of bluestones within the horseshoe of sarsens (Chippindale 271). The only thing that Stonehenge had left to do was waste away into what it is today.