By: D.C. Year5B
NAME: Stonehenge
CITY: Bristol
COUNTRY: England
CAPITAL CITY: London
CONTINENT: Europe
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: English
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONUMENT:
- Acording to folklore Stonehenge was createaby Merlin the wizard of Arthurian legends, who magically transported the massive stones from Ireland where giants had assembled them.
- It was constructed in the late Neolithic periodo about 2500BC.
- It is believed that due to its geographical position it was used for religious rites and as an astronomical tool.
- It is supposed that is was used as an astronomical obserbatory that served to predict the seasons.
