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	STONEHENGE

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WHEN Stonehenge was made around 3050 B.C. to 1600 B.C. when a group of Stone Age humans in the Neolithic era dug a huge circular ditch, probably using antlers and cattle bones for shovels. They also dug 56 holes spaced evenly around the inner edge of the circle. Stonehenge was added to and created over about 1,400 years of hard work. No one knows exactly what it was used for, but many scientists believe that it could have been used to study the movement of the sun, the changing of the seasons, and to predict solar eclipses. They think this because people back then were inspired by the power of the sun.

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	PEOPLE The people of the Neolithic era had no metal tools. They used flint to make axes for hunting. They wore the soft leather hides of animals to keep warm. They may have also used flax or other plant materials to make clothing. The Druids were a very religious group of people. The Stone Age people used Stonehenge for about 400 years.

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	WHERE Stonehenge is in the Salisbury Plain of Southwestern England. Lots of people have been to Stonehenge to see this mystery. Some people say it was used for time travel, others think it was used for other things like predicting solar eclipses. Scientists have tried to figure out this mystery.

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HOW Where they got the stones remains a mystery to people all over the world. According to geologists, the nearest source for bluestones is about 120 miles away in the mountains of Wales. Some scientists believe that the stones were brought closer to Stonehenge by the movement of glaciers during the Ice Age. Others think that they were brought over by raft , then by land by people, but since the stones weighed about 40 tones each, it would have taken about a thousand people to bring them over and then stand them upright.