The original Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic stone structure located on Salisbury Plain in the South of England, just a few miles north of Salisbury. The Archaeologists who study these ruins report that they believe the monument to have been built from 5,000 year ago to 4,000 years ago, which translates in 2024 CE to be from 2976 BCE to 1976 BCE.

First, I have to say that no human knows when Stonehenge was built and anyone who specifies a date, that person is only estimating what he thinks is the date that construction of the Stonehenge monument was completed.

If Stonehenge was built before the Noachian flood (which, according to Bible Chronology occurred at 2370 BCE) it would have been in 2024 CE (2370 + 2024 = 4394) about 4394 years ago. Then, the archaeologists estimates of 4 to 5 thousand years would be true. However, it is more likely, (according to the historical records of the spread of men after the flood), that the construction of Stonehenge occurred from five hundred to a thousand years after that flood.

I estimate the 500 to 1000 years after the flood, because it would of taken that long, if not longer for Noah′s son Japeth (Genesis 10:1) and his descendants (who are the ones that are credited with migrating to and inhabiting England) to travel from Mesopotamia across the European continent, then build ships to traverse the English channel and arrive on the English islands.

My estimation is that Stonehenge is closer to 2,500 (or possible less) years old. Even if it was 2,500 years ago, that is still quite a long time ago. 2500 years ago from our time, 2024 CE, would be 476 BCE, which is about five centuries (500 years) before Jesus Christ was born on Earth.

Too, five hundred years is a good minimum estimate for men to travel across the Asia continent, build a ship to sail the English channel and then quarry, transport and erect the stones for that monument. If it took any longer than five hundred years after the flood, then that would move the date of completion closer to the time when Jesus was born on Earth.

This circular structure of the Stonehenge consists of an outer ring of thirty vertically erected Sarsen Standing Stones, each about thirteen feet in height, seven feet wide and weighting up to about twenty-five tons each. These cut-block standing-on-end Sarsens are of silicified sandstone, which stone is found extensively across southern England and believed to have been brought from Marlborough Downs which is 20 miles to the north of the Stonehenge site.

After these Sarsen Stones had been raised in place, they were then topped by thirty connecting horizontal stones called lintel stones, which stones were likely of the same material and source, only somewhat smaller in size.

Next, in the center of the Sarsen Stones is another ring of smaller bluestones, that have a bluish tinge when wet or freshly broken. These thirty bluestones are smaller than the Sarsens and weigh between 2 and 5 tons each (1.8 and 4.5 metric tons). The bluestones are aligned precisely with the same arc-degree as are the Sarsens, but with a shorter radius distance from the center of Stonehenge.

These bluestones are believed to have come from quarries in the Preseli Hills in Wales, which is located in Southwestern England and north of the town of Rosebuse. The distance if traveled by roadway now would be about 180 to 200 miles and the journey would take about four hours to travel, if you did it using a car. However, if the route was measured as the bird flies, the distance would be 140 miles (225 km) and the birds would have to cross over the east end of the Bristol Channel. Further, those who study these ancient monuments are still unsure exactly how prehistoric people moved the stones over such long distances.

Next inside the outer Sarsens and Bluestones is five Trilithon Lentil Stones, each consisting of two vertical stones capped by a horizontal lintel stone and arranged in a horseshoe shape

Inside the Trilithon stones was another row of 15 bluestones, themselves in the same horseshoe configuration as the Trilithon stones. The horseshoe circles both open in the same direction towards the Heel Stone over which the sun rises on the morning of the summer solstice, which occurs each year on 20-21 June.

Finally, in the center of the horseshoe and near the center of the Stonehenge is the alter stone. From the alter stone, through the open end of the horseshoe aligned stones and out through the bluestones, outside of the Sarsen Standing Stones and somewhat of a short distance from the Stonehenge, the Heel Stone stands alone.

Outside the north-east entrance is the Heel Stone, a huge unshaped Sarsen boulder. This stone is believed to be one of the early stone at the site, raised upright from its original position nearby. Also near the north-east entrance is the Slaughter Stone, a fallen Sarsen that once stood upright with one or two other stones across the entrance causeway.

Around Stonehenge there are several outlying stones. There were four of these Station Stones but only two now remain in their position and mark the corners of a rectangle. These stones are believed to be related to the setting up and initial alignment of Stonehenge, possibly even to help with the solstice alignment.

In my travels, I have come upon replicas of the ancient Stonehenge circular monument and below is the story the one that I found in Washington.

At eleven-thirty, I pack out and depart from the state park, drive thirty miles west on IH 84 to a d-mart in The Dalles, Oregon where I stop first on this day to acquire some on the items on my shopping list. Upon leaving the d-mart, I then continue west on IH 84 another twenty-three miles where I turn north onto US 97, cross the Columbia River into Washington and then turn right off of US 97 onto Maryhill highway, drive past Maryhill State Park, and into Maryhill, Washington.

Next, after driving through Maryhill, I stop briefly at the Stonehenge, where I get out and examine once more this replica monument. I try to take a video but it is just much too windy for it to happen.

This full size replication of the original Stonehenge is located in Washington on a lonely bluff overlooking the Columbia River and the small town of Maryhill, Washington

One of the information boards at the Stonehenge gives elaborate details on how the stone windows function as a celestial observatory for the prediction of eclipse, solstice, equinox and other celestial events important to the contemporary religious and or agricultural society at the original site and time.

I continue south on US 97 to within sight of the Columbia River and then turn east on SH 14, drive a mile or so and turn into the Stonehenge site. Here, I park the jammer and talk a few photos including one of the information kiosk

Later, upon reviewing this page for the site, I find that it has been over ten years since my last visit here.

Once on the approach road, I come upon a location where I can see the monument in the distance. Upon checking behind me, I see that I am the only one on this road, so I stop and take a photo. A short distance later, I stop again for another photo and again for a third one.

In just a few moments later, I arrive on the monument site, park and begin taking more photos. Too, I see that there has been some rocks placed across the parking area to keep vehicles from driving up to the monument.

I then walk out the back of the monument to take a photo of the Columbia River with the town of Maryhill in the foreground and the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge (US 97) over the Columbia River.

Awake at the beginning of sunglow but close my eyes for a few more moments, but arise soon after to take a shower. Then, I have a cup of daystart and hot coffee for breakfast and shortly after, I am on the road heading east arriving at Stonehenge National Historic Site at about nine am, this being my first visit to this site.

It is not until Day 62 JO, when I am able to return here and acquire many photos of this interesting site.

I am able to find the location to stand and the window to look thru where the sunrise and sunset will be during the spring equinox tomorrow as well as other celestial events.

This is an amazing structure and in the new system, methinks that I will want to build my own. After numerous photos, I head upriver and drive through the Umatilla Wildlife Preserve for some photos of the wildlife there.