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Why was Stonehenge Built?<Tab/> An historical investigation into the changing theories associated with the purpose of the mysterious Stonehenge. Synopsis Throughout the ages Stonehenge has remained as an indecipherable enigma despite numerous attempts by historians to determine for what Stonehenge was originally constructed. This essay explores the development of historical investigations and analyses the existence of proposed theories based upon the historians' purpose and the evidence used in the construction …

…were dedicated one can only speculate due to the lack of evidence. The theories as to why Stonehenge was built will continue to change as the approaches to historical analysis continue to change yet the stones will continue to possess their secrets. Time will pass, as will historians and their theories and eventually even the stones themselves will be weathered away into nothing and only their unknowns will remain. And as unknowns they shall remain.