Was Stonehenge a site for ancient ravers?
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Stonehenge may have originally been used as a venue for ancient ravers, according to new academic findings. Dr Rupert Till, a musicologist at Huddersfield University, argues that the acoustics of the Stone Circle would have made it an ideal venue for "repetitive trance rhythm".
Till and colleague Dr Bruno Fazenda carried out sonic experiments at a replica of Stonehenge in Washington state, US. He said:
We were able to get some interesting results when we visited the replica by using computer-based acoustic analysis software, a 3D soundfield microphone, a dodecahedronic speaker, and a huge bass speaker from ...