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Stonehenge Builders' Village
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Feb 1, 2007
The 'footprint' of a hge village, thought to have housed the builders of Stonehenge, has been found at Durrington Walls...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6311939.stm
Stonehenge Builders' Village
Kilted-biker-in-US Posted Dec 12, 2007
Hi Big Al, try thinking about it this way. They were just like we are in the 21st century ce. They built a big "National Cathedral" out of big rocks from all across the country, then built a "Butlin's" to hold all the people who came to the festivals all year round. Yes, just like a Holiday Camp. They must have made a fortune like Las Vegas.
The folks who came all the way from their own land to be a part of the solstice or equinox rituals at the biggest feast in the land needed somewhere to stay, since the local community was too small to house them all.
I can hear the High Priestess now, saying "Come one, come all, to the finest ritual 
, dance 
and party 
in the land. 
. Bring a cow or a pig to eat, or you can buy cow, venison, pig or bird from our excellent hunters."
"We have houses for you to stay in, just bring a sacrifice, and you get a free cottage, that we will clean for you when you go home".
Makes more sense to me than a bunch of fur and skin wearing cavemen running around saying UG and being whipped into dragging big stones about by some old bloke like Catweazle
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