the ditch and henge were dug

to dig a massive circular ditch and bank, or henge

possibly using tools made from 1 [deer antlers]

primitive tools, which may have been fashioned out of deer antlers

2 [timber posts] may have been arranged 

may have once held a ring of timber posts

deep pits inside the circle 

Deep pits …… located within the circle 

theories about the transportation of the bluestones: + archaeological:

According to one long-standing theory among archaeologists, Stonehenge’s

builders used 3 [tree trunks] to make sledges and rollers

builders fashioned sledges and rollers out of tree trunks 

4 [oxen] pulled 

hauled by oxen

them on giant baskets

bluestones with supersized wicker baskets 

geological:

geologists have been adding their voices ……

they were brought from Wales by 5 [glaciers]

from faraway Wales, …… it was glaciers, not humans, that carried the bluestones………

a theory arose in the 17th century 

In the 17th century, archaeologist John Aubrey made the claim

that its builders were Celtic 6 [druids]

that Stonehenge was the work of druids, who had …… roles in Celtic” society

many experts agree 

While there is consensus among the majority of modern scholars 

it has been used as a 7 [burial] site

Stonehenge once served the function of burial ground

in the 1960s, it was suggested that

In the 1960s, the astronomer Gerald Hawkins suggested that 

it worked 

the cluster of megalithic stones operated 

as a kind of 8 [calendar]

as a form of calendar