Sacred Spaces: Stonehenge Rave Spot

Stonehenge, Nancy Charak photo

Stonehenge, Nancy Charak photo

Avebury, Nancy Charak photo

Avebury Circle, Google Earth capture

Via [Discovery News]

"". . .analysis of cattle teeth from 80,000 animal bones excavated from the site also suggest that around 2500 BC, Stonehenge was the site of vast communal feasts.

These would have been attended by up to one tenth of the British population at one time in what. . . resembled "Glastonbury festival and a motorway building scheme at the same time."

It seemed that ancient people traveled to celebrate the winter and summer solstices but also to build the monument, he said.

"Stonehenge was a monument that brought ancient Britain together,". . .

"What we?ve found is that people came with their animals to feast at Stonehenge from all corners of Britain -- as far afield as Scotland.""

It is nice to be able to speculate on what uses the ancients had for Stonehenge or for the even larger circle at Avebury, whose outer circle has a diameter of 331.6 metres (1,088 ft), and is Britain's largest stone circle.

Access to Stonehenge is carefully monitored, there are guardrails and the ever present CCTV, whereas Avebury is wondrous accessible even for the sheep and to the church, the pub and the gift shop.