At this point, without speculating, we know only that it was a site public service, not one, we surmise by its lack of strategic defense or offense, a place to seek protection against hostile or invading forces. The quality of the stone used at the site is of a high quality, and was probably imported from another area (Atkinson and Hamilton, 1956, p
The site itself was subordinate to the land on which it stood, and that it stands on a "slight" eminence, meaning that it really had no value or utility to protect its builders. Protection is something with which any village or group would have needed to be concerned about during the prehistoric times when the site was constructed (Castleden, Rodney, 1993, p
Stonehenge actually encompasses several different sections of building and development, from the ditch (now almost entirely filled in with silt) that surrounds the area to the bank rising up from the remains of the ditch and the Aubrey Holes and cemetery at the site. Almost all of the remains at Stonehenge are arranged in concentric circles, leading from the outside edge of the area to the center (Atkinson 6-16)
Author Atkinson notes, "There is, of course, no warrant at all for supposing that the Druids had anything to do with Stonehenge" (Atkinson 171). In fact, the Ancient Order of Druids was not organized until 1781 in Britain, and did not begin worshipping at Stonehenge until 1905 (Bender et al
Most of the bluestones used in the building originated in Wales, which is quite a distance from Southern England. Author Castleden comments, "Precisely how eighty-five bluestones became available to people living far away on Salisbury Plain in 2150 BC is just one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Stonehenge story" (Castleden 95)