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TIL some experts believe Stonehenge was designed to line up perfectly with the sunrise on the summer solstice (21st June) as a symbol of fertility. The outer ‘male’ stone casts a phallic shadow that penetrates the inner stone circle and hits the recumbent ‘female’ altar stone.
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Hmm… as the old song goes: “A thing is a phallic symbol if it’s longer than it’s wide”…
Do archeologists never do cowgirl?
nether brick
I’m guessing male experts?
There are lots of similar places in the Celtic world, like Newgrange. Agricultural calendars were important!
Okay, here is some more information about stonehenge that someone out there may be interested in….
We get the term ‘henge’ from stonehenge. Although stonehenge is technically not classified as a henge.