# Stonehenge **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838 "2003-08-08T14:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838/41 "2003-08-15T17:03:31Z")
\*\*Antiquarian, \*\*Just admit it…“I was wrong”. 🙂 Thanks for the article though a very informing read. Rather than pick your facts apart I will just keep my general view of the happenings at Stonehenge. I am sure with the surge in technology we are going to see in the coming years the true story will come to light. ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838/42 "2003-08-15T17:42:06Z")
We don’t know much about the Druids. Despite the popular impression, Romans did not generally persecute foreign religions, but they systematically wiped out the Druids, because they practised human sacrifice (or at least the Romans said so, and they didn’t lie about that sort of thing as a general rule). Since the Druids didn’t approve of literacy, most of what they may or may not have taught has been lost. Phony Druids have been around since the 18th century, reinforced by other phony pagans in recent decades, who were inspired by an article in the 1929 _Britannica_ that more recent editions have been apologizing for since 1970. ---
**Author:** ![SFBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SFBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SFBird)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838/43 "2003-08-15T21:52:23Z")
Please read _Hengeworld_ by Mark Pitts. It is by far the most comprehensive book on Stonehenge and it’s archeology. He also connects it to other henges around Great Britain. While I know that most people believe many strange things about Stonehenge and a majority would agree that it is some sort of celestial calendar, I cannot agree with them. This book lays out the evidence and says what can be said without veering into fanatasy. It’s kinda long and dense, and he tries to spice the story up a bit in ways that can be confusing, but it is well worth it. Looking at your reference list, Antiquarian, I’m sure you would enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838/44 "2003-08-18T01:40:30Z")
Does it say whether or not the Stonehenge monument was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf? ---
**Author:** ![Antiquarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Antiquarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antiquarian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838/45 "2003-08-18T12:55:12Z")
Many thanks **SFBird** I am familiar with Mark Pitts, he’s rather well known in Wiltshire. And yes his text is an interesting read. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838/46 "2003-08-18T21:36:46Z")
For the record, I would just like to add that the first sentence about bikini girls was mine. I had looked at the question previously, but decided that there wasn’t enough I could say to fill up an Answer. But of course, that’s from an astronomer’s perspective, and I’m glad that an archaeologist was able to tell us more. Do some more of them, **Antiquarian**! And as an irrelevant aside, I once saw a poster of Stonehenge captioned “England: Famous for its rock groups”. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838/47 "2003-08-19T05:21:04Z")
I always prefered Avebury to Stonehenge. To me the circle there’s more impressive plus you can also walk to Silbury Hill from there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stonehenge/193838.md?page=2)