Stonehenge

      Going to Stonehenge I only knew one thing about it, all I knew was Stonehenge was a giant rock pile stacked in a shape a circle. Sadly I didn't even know that Stonehenge was in England. Leaving stonehenge, I learned it was finished in 1600BC, as well who made it, and how it may have been built.
     The rocks that make up Stonehenge were cut and shaped in Wales then the rocks were shipped over. Stonehenge has 3 important rocks the Sassoon, blue stone and the Heel stone. The smaller rocks , the blue stones, make up 2 semi circles around the Sassoon rocks, which are bigger, and those make a full circle in the middle. Even though Stonehenge was made over 3000-5000 years ago by the beacons; they knew about how the sun worked so on June 21st, the summer equinox, something amazing happens. What happens on this day is the light reflects off the heel stone and shines through the middle of the circle. 
     What fascinates me the most is how did these people pick up these giant rocks and stack them? How did the rocks stay standing for this long? Could it have been that that giants made Stonehenge and they just died years after everything was finished? Or Aliens? Maybe then beacons took all the undeserved credit for Stonehenge.  
     Over Thousands of years many objects have been discovered, revealing many things about Stonehenge. Even with all of the discoveries, Stonehenge still remains shrouded in mystery. 

-Kellie
Grade 10