A visitor standing in the center of the circle on the evening of the summer and winter Solstice would see the Sun setting above the Heel Stone. This would have been significant to those building Stonehenge because midwinter is believed to be the time when ceremonial help is most necessary ­ the Sun, the giver of life, has been growing weaker every day...
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It is the Winter solstice when things turn around, and the Sun would grow stronger once again. It is unknown whether the builders intended to use Stonehenge as a calendar to mark the changing seasons, or merely to symbolize their sun worship. Stonehenge is also helpful in predicting solar eclipses. Many theorists support the idea that Stonehenge was used to predict successive eclipses...
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