7 WONDERS, MEDIEVAL TIMES (A NEW SERIES)

7 A NEW SERIES: 7 Wonders of MEDIEVAL TIMES. The Stonehenge, is Britain's greatest national icon of mystery, power and endurance. It was thought to be a temple for the worship of ancient deities, but it also serves as an astronomical observatory. The stones above show Stonehenge in ruins as many of the stones have fallen or been rfemoved for home construction and road repairs. A bank and ditch arrangement called a henge was built about 5,000 years ago.The stones were dragged by roller ad sledge from inland mountains, loaded onto barges and saled along the S. Coast of Wales to the rivers Avon and Fromme. The first stone circle was made up of 80 bluestones, weighing 4 tons each.