Was Stonehenge used to support an altar to "be closer to heaven"?
Historian Julian Spalding has put forward an hypothesis about Stonehenge. In his opinion, the circular stones served to support a raised platform for the performance of ancestral rites. A ramp, or stairs, would have brought the priests to the platform. As the millennia passed, the stones remained, but the wood decayed.
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· 4 May 2024
Whether it was a Druid temple, an astronomical calendar, or a healing center, the mystery of Stonehenge has fueled endless debate over the centuries. To the various hypotheses put forward, we add that proposed by the historian Julian Spalding, former director of some of the most important museums in the United Kingdom. In his opinion, the prehistoric stone circle was actually an ancient altar used to get closer to heaven. The megaliths would not have been used to celebrate rites at ground level, but to support a gigantic circular wooden platform capable of supporting the weight of hundreds of people and on which religious ceremonies were ...