Could Stonehenge Were Built With Balls? [History]

Stonehenge. How the heck was it built? The newest theory, from a student, says since the Stone Age men didn’t have the wheel, they are able to have built rails with wooden balls inside to transport the huge stone pieces.

Andrew Young, the coed behind the most recent theory, started cooking up the postulate when he saw carved stone balls near Neolithic stone circles. He said:

” I measured and weighed a lot of these stone balls and realized that they’re all precisely an identical size-around 70 millimeters [3 inches] in diameter-which made me think they should were made to be used in unison, in place of alone”

He further speculated that wooden balls might be used because they were easier to carve and were much lighter to transport.

When he tested this rail-and-balls installed, he found that he could move 220 pounds of concrete with only one finger. And with seven people pushing, they may move a four-ton load, as heavy as Stonehenge’s smaller stones. As for the 45-ton bigger rocks, Young speculates that it can’ve been a mixture of oxen and Stone Age strength.

An interesting theory, that with just a little more work and testing, could possibly explain how those gigantic slabs of stone were transported miles upon miles. Ah balls, as integral to history as ever. [ National Geographic ]

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