Secrets Of Stonehenge Unlocked?

(CBS)  For centuries, man has speculated about the ring of giant stones on Salisbury Plain in England known as Stonehenge.

Who built it? Why? How did they get the stones there to begin with?

Theories have ranged from Stonehenge being a clock, to a calendar, even a sacrificial altar.

The Druids and Greeks have been mentioned as possible builders. Then again, so have aliens from UFOs, and Atlanteans.

But a new excavation at the site, led by Britain's Falmouth University, has led to yet another theory. Now, archeologists at Stonehenge, such as Andrew Fitzpatrick of Wessex Archoelogy, say the 4,000-plus-year-old wonder may actually have been -- a place of healing.

On The Early Show Thursday, Fitzpatrick explained how that conclusion was reached.

To see the interview, click on the arrow in the image below.

[Garry Denke]

"Who built it?"

South Wales Coalfield miners from South Wales.

"Why?"

Stonehenge was a Coal Prospect that went Bust, afterwards it became The First Mining College, it saved digging further Coal Prospects eastward, all of which would have been Dusters.

"How did they get the stones there to begin with?"

1) Animal Skins bagged the South Wales "Whitestone" rock.
2) Pine Timbers rolled the South Wales "Cosheston" rock.
3) Pine Timbers rolled the South Wales "Bluestone" rock.
4) Oak Timbers rolled the Marlborough Downs "Sarsen" rock.

White Chalk looks like Whitestone, that is why the College was built, Sarsen area having no Coal either. Mesolithic and Neolithic hot Coal Exploration Play was to the west in a North-South Trend.

Denke, G.W. 1973. "Stonehenge Phase I: An Openpit Coalfield Model; The First
Geologic Mining School (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) GDG, 73; 1-56.

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[Garry Denke]

Taught geology.

White Chalk - The outcrop sedimentary rock of Stonehenge is Late Cretaceous Period, Santonian Age, calcium carbonate. Late Cretaceous Period outcrop sedimentary rock is the in situ construction material used by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 85 million years old. This stone is called Seaford Chalk Formation rock. It is from Stonehenge Ditch Mining area.

3000 BC

Whitestone - The oldest limestone sedimentary rock of Stonehenge is Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) Period, Arundian Age, calcium carbonate. Early Carboniferous Period limestone sedimentary rock is the first (1st) construction material imported by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 340 million years old. This stone is called High Tor (Birnbeck) Limestone Formation rock. It is from South Wales Coalfield area.

3000 BC

[Garry Denke]

3000 BC

Cosheston - The oldest sandstone sedimentary rock of Stonehenge is Devonian Period micaceous silicate. Devonian Period sandstone sedimentary rock is the second (2nd) construction material imported by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 408 million years old. This stone is called Senni Beds (Old Red Sandstone) Formation rock. It is from South Wales Coalfield area.

2600 BC

Bluestone - The volcanic rock (oldest geologically) of Stonehenge is Ordovician Period intrusive igneous diabase (dolerite) and extrusive igneous felsite (rhyolite) and tuff (basic). Ordovician Period igneous rock is the third (3rd) construction material imported by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 470 million years old. This stone is called Ordovician Volcanic rock. It is from South Wales Coalfield area.

2200 BC

Sarsen - The youngest sandstone sedimentary rock of Stonehenge is Oligocene-Miocene (Tertiary) Period silicate. Oligocene-Miocene Period sandstone sedimentary rock is the fourth (4th) construction material imported by the Stonehenge builders. This material is approximately 24 million years old. This stone is called Reading Formation rock. It is from Marlborough Downs Mining area.

Geology taught.

[downsteamjim]

Stonehenge is a major cause of global warming. 1000''s + people go there every year just to see it. It has a rediculously large carbon footprint. Any day now Al Gore is going to fly there in a large private jet and begin it''s deconstruction.

[azcagirl]

I think the people that put it together did it just to scr*ew with the minds of people in the future and all died giggling to themselves about it.

Posted by SgtRDS at 08:02 PM : Apr 10, 2008

I think I like this explanation the best. :)

[j-whitman]

They should just ask McCain about Stonehenge - He was there when they built it

[Garry Denke]

**** erectus, observers of the Brunhes-Matuyama Reversal (last universal magnetic reversal) 780,000 years ago, were using South Wales Coalfield outcrop fuel for heating and cooking in a British Isles'' 800,000-year-old cave. Coal was the preferred heating fuel of **** erectus because it burned a hotter flame, lasted all night long, and emitted less smoke in caves. Found occurring with "Whitestone" which looked like that of Salisbury Plain caused many Coal dusters to be dug there yielding no fuel. The earliest known Coal exploratory test holes are located in Stonehenge Car Park and date back to 8,000 BC. Before these Three (3) Dry Holes were abandoned they were plugged with Pine timbers carried from the Preseli Hills and South Wales Coalfield area. By 3,000 BC the difference between elder "Whitestone" (Carboniferous Limestone) having Coal and younger "white stone" (Cretaceous Chalk) not having Coal was known, and taught, at Stonehenge. How is it possible to know that? Because the opencast Coal miners also carried tons of elder "Whitestone" from South Wales for comparison classes at the Coal Exploration Mining School established there, 400 years before any "Bluestone" (Ordovician Volcanics) arrived.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Geological_map_of_Great_Britain.jpg

[swwils]

Stonehenge,the big mystery.They can dig and spend money out the wazoo,but when they are done it is still just a theory.That place is mysterious but everyone has their own observation of it.All the different scientist from around the world say something totally opposite of each other.I am 47 yrs.old,and this is about the 20th different theory of this place.

[iknowbest-2009]

Healing Stones?

Ordovician Bluestone from Preseli Hills and Carboniferous Whitestone from Wales Tors were brought 250 km to Stonehenge to teach Coal Exploration Mining ....

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Posted by GarryDenke at 11:16 PM : Apr 10, 2008


This is the instant winner of funniest posting year to date on the CBS news website. Garry, you are a scandal! "Coal Exploration Mining School"!!! Stop it, you''re killing us and the dirty hippies are going to get mad. Thanks for the comic relief!

[bobgee_1999]

Oh, the construction of the thing isn''t as mysterious as all that. It''s amazing what a BFMI operation can accomplish.