# Neolithic people of Britain built it in stages from about 3000 to 2500 BC, with stones they quarried and…

> Most likely: Neolithic people of Britain built it in stages from about 3000 to 2500 BC, with stones they quarried and hauled themselves.

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# Neolithic people of Britain built it in stages from about 3000 to 2500 BC, with stones they quarried and…

Neolithic people of Britain built it in stages from about 3000 to 2500 BC, with stones they quarried and hauled themselves.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Radiocarbon dates on construction in the Neolithic; quarries with Neolithic tools; human remains and settlements of the period.

## What would rule it out

- Construction dates or tools outside the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[Quarry recesses, wedges and hammerstones at the bluestone outcrops date to about 3400–3000 BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWQ0XR2MX9/quarry-recesses-wedges-and-hammerstones-at-the-bluestone)

Established

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[The cremated dead of about 3000–2500 BC were buried at the monument itself.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWQ15J20QP/the-cremated-dead-of-about-30002500-bc-were-buried-at-the)

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[The radiocarbon model dates the enclosure to about 3000 BC and the sarsen settings to about 2620–2480 BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWQ0NY15X4/the-radiocarbon-model-dates-the-enclosure-to-about-3000-bc)

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## The questions it answers

[Who raised the stones?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/questions/QST0CRWPGJA3775/who-raised-the-stones)

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