_Billy_ wrote:How about cannibalism at Stonehenge?
Stonehenge is the best known of prehistoric remains in the UK. It has stood on Salisbury Plain for about 4,000 years. There have been many different theories about its original use but no one is certain why it was built.
One theory is that it was a place from where stars and planets could be observed, so that the stones could be used as a calendar to predict eclipses.
At one time, people thought that Stonehenge was a Druid temple. The Druids were a Celtic religious group soon after the Roman Conquest. Some people believe that they were as medicine-men who practised human sacrifice and cannibalism. A group called the "Most Ancient Order of Druids " every year meet at Stonehenge to greet the first midsummer sunlight and they lay out symbolic elements of fire, water, bread, salt and a rose.
Another interesting theory is that the great stone circle was used to store terrestrial energy through "ley lines", which is the name given to invisible lines as a mysterious channel for a special kind of power or as a door used by UFOs (Unidentified flying objects).
Besides these theories here is a local legend : Stonehenge was built by the devil in a single night. He flew backwards and forwards between Ireland and Salisbury Plain carrying the stones one by one and setting them in place. As he worked, he laughed to himself. "That will make people think. They´ll never know how the stones came here!" But a friar was hiding in a ditch nearby. He surprised the devil, who threw a stone which hit the friar on the heel.