hundreds of furnished funeral barrels have been found nearby could stonehenge have been a giant memorial to the dead perhaps a kind of gateway to the underworld for fallen warriors. anything is possible maybe part of the fascination of stonehenge derives from the fact that very little is known for certain about the site so all kinds of interpretations and fantasies can be projected onto it. in the middle ages stonehenge was linked with merlin the magician and the legendary king arthur who else could have raised such a giant stone and. others thought giants were responsible for building the stone circle or the phoenicians the inhabitants of the lost continent of atlantis or according to local legend even old nick the devil himself . and. neo druids celtic bards spiritual healers and new agers of