New Stonehenge theory redefines site as 'mecca on stilts'

The theories surrounding Stonehenge are many, but according to one noted curator and critic, for the most part they have one significant flaw -– they're not looking up.

Says Julian Spalding, "The current theories about Stonehenge are based on looking across the ground, which is a modern, materialistic standpoint, not up to heaven, which was our ancient, mind-elevated perception."

It's his belief that the stone pieces that are typically regarded as being the main feature of the site served as nothing more than supports for a raised area of worship.

That wooden platform would have served as both an altar and a beacon for pilgrims traveling to it for worship purposes, operating much like a 'mecca on stilts.'

Spalding points out that at the time Stonehenge was built ground-level worship would have been considered an insult to the divine, as it would have required that they lower themselves to the level of humans.

His theory, however, is a tough one to prove as it involves the existence of several wooden structures, which, unlike their stone counterparts, do not appear to have survived the last 4-and-a-half or so millennia.

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