Explain the architectural structure and construction of Stonehenge. What are the theories regarding its possible function?
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The ideal answer should include:
1. Stonehenge is a henge, or circle of stones or posts that is surrounded by a ditch with built-up embankments.
2. Over eight different phases of construction, large sarsen stones and bluestones were placed to create the henge using the post-and-lintel system: two upright stones support a horizontal lintel.
3. The site started as a cemetery of cremation burials marked by a circle of imported bluestones.
4. While the complex was erroneously associated with the rituals of Celtic druids and considered a calendar for regulating agricultural schedules, recent archaeological evidence and the discovery of nearby prehistoric habitation led scholars to believe that Stonehenge was the site of ceremonies linked to death and burial.
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