# The sarsen monument of about 2500 BC was a political monument uniting communities across Britain, built with…

> Most likely: The sarsen monument of about 2500 BC was a political monument uniting communities across Britain, built with stones from Wales, Wessex and…

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# The sarsen monument of about 2500 BC was a political monument uniting communities across Britain, built with…

The sarsen monument of about 2500 BC was a political monument uniting communities across Britain, built with stones from Wales, Wessex and Scotland.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Stones and people from distant regions converge in Stage 2; feasting draws from across Britain.

## What would rule it out

- The Altar Stone shown to have arrived centuries after Stage 2, or the feasting catchment shown to be local.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[Pigs at Durrington Walls were raised across Britain, including Scotland.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPN6R1BBK/pigs-at-durrington-walls-were-raised-across-britain)

Supported

FOR

[The Altar Stone is from north-east Scotland, the bluestones from Wales, the sarsens from Wessex.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPNEJ2ZBC/the-altar-stone-is-from-north-east-scotland-the-bluestones)

Established

FOR

[When the Altar Stone was set at Stonehenge is not dated.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPNPC70XM/when-the-altar-stone-was-set-at-stonehenge-is-not-dated)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What was Stonehenge for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/questions/QST0CRWPDCR161H/what-was-stonehenge-for)

Most likelyThe first monument was a cemetery and ancestral shrine for a select group

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