`` Maybe the blue stone circle is where people were cremated before their ashes were buried at Stonehenge itself . '' Discovery of lost stone artifacts sheds new light on Stonehenge 's purpose . Researchers ' ` ` Bluestonehenge '' was starting point of funeral processional route . It is named after color of Welsh stone from which it was formed . Some have viewed it as temple , astronomical observatory .
Discovery of lost stone artifacts sheds new light on Stonehenge 's purpose . Researchers ' ` ` Bluestonehenge '' was starting point of funeral processional route . It is named after color of Welsh stone from which it was formed . Some have viewed it as temple , astronomical observatory .