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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by hunta2097 on Saturday August 04, 2018 @10:17PM (#17689357)
I am lucky enough to live not too far from Stonehenge. The most surprising thing is how unremarkable the surrounding area is - geography-wise. It must have meant something to those people. It's pretty flat but that's not remarkable for Wiltshire.

There are so many 5,000 year old ancient sites in this part of the Britain. Make sure you also visit Avebury if you are ever in the area - it's just as old as Stonehenge but you can still walk among the stones and touch them.

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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by DanBC on Sunday August 05, 2018 @11:15AM (#17691713)
Avebury is remarkable. You can walk among the stones and touch them. People took some of the stones for building materials. And there's a modern road that cuts through the circle.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Avebury/@51.4289196,-1.8...

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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by toddh on Sunday August 05, 2018 @03:48PM (#17693123)
When I was there I was wondering that same thing. Nice little river valley. Pretty surrounding hills. Maybe if you could feel ley lines the experience would be different?
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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by chrisseaton on Sunday August 05, 2018 @05:16AM (#17690456)
> The most surprising thing is how unremarkable the surrounding area is - geography-wise.

Salisbury plain? It’s some of the most commanding land in the south of England.

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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by joshlemer on Sunday August 05, 2018 @08:16AM (#17690945)
What do you mean by commanding?
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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by chrisseaton on Sunday August 05, 2018 @08:18AM (#17690953)
You can stand on the high parts and see large parts of the Kingdom of Wessex, enabling you to literally command it.
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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by singularity2001 on Sunday August 05, 2018 @04:44AM (#17690381)
Was it maybe their capital city because the area was flat?
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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by darkhorn on Saturday August 04, 2018 @10:50PM (#17689429)
May be there was forest back then?
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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by narag on Saturday August 04, 2018 @10:59PM (#17689448)
In the man-made department, I always wonder if missing pieces of buildings were made of wood. Maybe Stonehenge would make much more sense that way.
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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday August 05, 2018 @05:28AM (#17690491)
There have been serious academic archaeological suggestions that the original monuments were circles and lines of trees, and the stones were added to make the layout permanent.

I'm not completely convinced. Dragging giant rocks over open chalk land is hard. Dragging them through woodland is a lot harder.

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