Stonehenge and "British unification"

[Duncan Head]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/20/stonehenge-may-have-been-erected-to-unite-early-british-farming-communities-research-finds

[skb777]

'Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan'

[Keraunos]

It was the first pub

[Erpingham]

It was the first pub

They invited the Scots and Welsh but told them it was a "bring a stone" party.

[Nick Harbud]

The Welsh evidently took that invitation at its word, given the number of blue stones from the Preselli Hills in Pembrokeshire that form key parts of the monument.

 

[Keraunos]

Were not the Scots in Ireland at the time?

[Erpingham]

Were not the Scots in Ireland at the time?

I think it was the Fomorians, who were locked in conflict with the Tuatha De Danaan so probably missed the invite.

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Justin Swanton]

It was the first pub

Oh, so that's the origin of "getting stoned."