People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far away as Wales

Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by chrisseaton on Sunday August 05, 2018 @08:01AM (#17690895)

> Is 150 miles a big deal because of the time period or because it's the UK? For some reason they seem to make a big deal about distances that are a day trip in the US.

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not... but Stonehenge was built before there were cars or widespread domesticated horses in Britain. 150 miles is not a day-trip on foot.

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Re:People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far awa... by cptskippy on Monday August 06, 2018 @11:35AM (#17698525)

I wasn't implying that 150 miles was a day trip when Stonehenge was built. I was questioning more why the distance was significant in the original title.

Assuming the bodies were brought from Wales, 150 miles wouldn't be a remarkable distance to transport a body. I say that because the stones in Stonehenge came from Wales and are orders of magnitude more difficult to transport than a body would have been. And that's assuming these are people who died in Wales when it's entirely possible these might have been the people moving the stones or constructing the monument who died on site.

On the other hand, people in the UK today seem to make a much bigger deal about travel distances than people from other countries.

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