Show stonehenge stonehenge Is a name that applies to the huge monoliths about the halt half of the word heng henge there Is some difference of opinion the anglo simon saxon word hengell henge means something hanging or supported la in the air it Is possible that in some prehistoric time these great monoliths supported some kind of a ladder another theory with reference to the word la Is that stonehenge was erected to commemorate some net act of hengist one of the early rulers or of a part of britain |