Guardian article about Stonehenge acoustics - are they missing the obvious?

The Guardian published a piece about new research into Stonehenge's acoustic properties. Basically, scientists have worked out that the stone circle acts as an amplifier, and they reckon it was used for ritual purposes (which... yeah, no kidding, it was a ritual site).

But here's what they didn't mention: if it amplifies sound, couldn't it also receive it? What if the whole thing was built to harness something else? Electromagnetic resonance? Tectonic activity? Ley line convergence?

The mainstream media will never go there because it doesn't fit the narrative. But I'd love to hear from people who've been to Stonehenge and actually felt something weird. Have you experienced anything unusual there?

I went to Stonehenge in 1998 and genuinely felt dizzy and disoriented. Not spiritually - I mean physically nauseous. We left after about twenty minutes. My mate felt it too, but the guide said it was probably dehydration.

That said, I'm probably just sensitive to crowds and standing in the sun for too long. But it's interesting that you mention electromagnetic stuff because I've read about geomagnetic anomalies near ancient sites.

The Guardian article was actually quite good science. Acoustic amplification is a real and measurable phenomenon, which is literally what the researchers demonstrated. You don't need to invoke EM fields or ley lines to explain why ancients might build something that sounds impressive.

But the 'receive it' idea is interesting. Could have been used to detect approaching crowds or weather patterns acoustically. That's not pseudoscience, that's practical engineering.

Ley lines are nonsense, sorry. But the geomagnetic anomaly thing has actual research behind it. There's a geological paper from the 1980s about magnetic rocks in the Stonehenge region. If the ancients knew about magnetism (which, debatable) they might have aligned the stones to it.

Still doesn't explain how they moved the sarsens though. That bit remains properly mysterious.

I visited last summer and felt absolutely nothing except tired. But then I'm a total skeptic so I probably wouldn't notice if a ghost tapped me on the shoulder. The acoustic research is cool though - explains why it was important without needing magical thinking.