Lunar+Observatory+Theory

=Lunar Observatory Theory =

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===One of the most popular theories about Stonehenge is that it was an ancient observatory and that Stonehenge used to mark midsummer. More recent evidence suggests that people did not just visit in the summer, but during the winter solstice when the sun sets between the largest of the central arches. Even though Stonehenge is able to predict the the solstices, as important as it is that's all that is can really do so to build a gigantic structure with stones weighing up to 50 tonnes, I personally don't really think that the people who built this amazing structure would have gone through all this trouble just to predict the solstices. And why would they move the stones hundreds of kilometres for this purpose. ===

===Some other people have suggested that the monument was used to predict solar and lunar eclipses but no real evidence has shown that it really does. As a summary I don't think that Stonehenge was used as a Lunar Observatory but it may be true that it had multiple uses. ===