Stonehenge was a hospital

New work in the Prescelli Mountains has lead to new theories on the role of Stonehenge. This is where the Bluestones came from - a place where they are lots of so-called holy wells. It is suggested that the wells and the stones had health giving properties and this is the reason the bluestone circles were transported to Stonehenge. The Amesbury Archer has been shown to been a cripple and the suggestion is that Stonehenge was a famous centre of health.

And so to Stonehenge the Druid's Circle, the Astronomic Computer, the Shaman's Den is now added Stonehenge as Spa.

Simon Jenkins of the Guardian reports Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | Not a fortress, or a temple, or a calendar. Stonehenge was a hospital

Article in the Telegraph

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