Stonehenge was not built by ancient Celts

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Stonehenge was not built by ancient Celts

Prehistoric peoples, not Celts, built Stonehenge around 2500 BCE, aligning its massive stones to precisely track the sun's solstices, revealing remarkable early astronomical sophistication.

Stonehenge, the iconic stone circle, was not built by the ancient Celts. Instead, it was constructed by Neolithic and Bronze Age peoples, likely farmers and herders, between 3000 BCE and 2000 BCE. These early inhabitants arranged massive stones, some weighing 50 tons, on Salisbury Plain in southern England.

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