Stonehenge is more than meets the eye. Many think it's merely the gigantic sarsen stones and trilithons that make it so historical. But, the fact is that archaeologygy has dated the entire site to be much older than the stones themselves. The area is complex with ditches, round and long barrows (burial chambers), and chalk figures on bordering towns. Stonehenge is a mystical experience -- though mysterious, it seems that much of the mysticism was based on the sun, the moon, and revolution around our orbit. A henge is a circle ... and Stonehenge is one of many such henges that existed in England thousands of years ago.

This is the heel stone -- it's purpose is most likely a place of observation.

On December 21, the sun would rise between the stones.

Behind me are the round barrows -- or burial grounds that surround the henge.

This is a great site about the history of stonehenge.