Sep 8, 20080
Stonehenge “was hidden from lower classes”
Categories: Weird
The wooden construction extended nearly two miles across Salisbury Plain more than 5,000 years ago, and would have served to shield the sacred site from the prying eyes of ordinary lower-class locals. All around the monument trenches were dug, to trace the course of the fence which meandered around the stone circle. "The palisade is an open structure which would not have been defensive and was too high to be practical for controlling livestock. "It certainly wasn’t for hunting herded animals and ... Read More
