# I want to build a Stonehenge. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442 "2012-01-23T23:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TurboNuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@TurboNuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TurboNuke)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442/21 "2012-01-24T16:50:59Z")
Great ideas, guys. Ive been to Newgrange and I love it there. Im Irish descent so it has a special meaning for me. I dont have good views of the horizon so marking the sun at sunrise and sunset are difficult. I like the ideas of marking the shadows at noon. Also, boring a hole through the stone sounds like an interesting idea. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442/22 "2012-01-24T16:55:10Z")
Use a monolithic piece of black stone, 1 foot thick by 4 feet wide by 9 feet tall. Rig it up so that on the solstice, it plays Also Sprach Zarathustra. Loudly. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442/23 "2012-01-24T16:57:44Z")
Well, here is how you build one. Full size: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-K7q20VzwVs/hqdefault.jpg "Simple building. Stonehenge Reloaded by only one white man!!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7q20VzwVs) ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442/24 "2012-01-24T18:30:37Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Well, here is how you build one. Full size: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7q20VzwVs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7q20VzwVs) Hmmm… This guy is only about 80-90 miles from me. Might be worth an outing some weekend if he’s out playing with his blocks… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442/25 "2012-01-24T20:54:57Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Well, here is how you build one. Full size: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7q20VzwVs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7q20VzwVs) Someone on this board linked to that a few years ago - I thought it was brilliant then and I still think it is brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![TurboNuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@TurboNuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TurboNuke)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442/26 "2012-01-25T01:00:46Z")
I think Ill do a mock up in wood to see how the shadows look. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442/27 "2012-01-25T19:07:21Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Carved styrofoam blocks](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9209). Mark Cline ------ feel free to drop my name if you need to contact him. Check out his Escape from Dinosaur Kingdom. Dude’s mind works different in a cool way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-a-stonehenge/610442.md?page=1)