What were the thoughts of the Celts, Romans and other ancient European people about the standing stones which survive from prehistoric times?
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No mention of Stonehenge or other standing stones is made by Bede, Gildas, Nennius or anyone before them (Agricola, Pliny, Tacitus, Strabo etc). It is likely that in most cases the remains were too remote and too fragmentary to be noticed. In the case of Stonehenge, it is likely it was underground (like its twin Newgrange still is), and was excavated between approximately 950 AD and 1200 AD by either Saxons or Normans looking for buried treasure, or more likely by stone masons gathering materials. To the Romans it would have looked like just a mound or hillock. Also, note that many megaliths, are in remote locations, where the Romans would be unlikely to go.
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It is hard to tell since nobody aside from the Romans wrote...and Roman writers were rich city dwelling snobs who could hardly be bothered going to a distant province and writing down natural features there.
There is some indirect evidence in the archaeologic record - Bronze Age settlers would sometimes add to or incorporate Mesolithic survivals into their monuments. Iron Age settlers would often build graveyards around Bronze Age barrows...but not inside. Similarly Anglo Saxon graves can often be found around or in Roman Ruins.
So while we don't know what they thought exactly, it shows that these peoples took note of ancient remains and thought they were significant to them as well.
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