Stolen Henge?

So, Stonehenge was originally erected in Wales, some archeologists claim.  Bloody typical - the Welsh just won't let us have anything, will they?  Next thing, they'll be trying to get it repatriated.  Even now, Welsh Nationalists are probably poring over ancient tomes, looking for evidence that the stone circle was stolen by the English and whisked away across the border under cover of darkness.  It will probably become the Welsh 'Elgin Marbles', with them continuously and tediously calling for the stones to be returned.  Personally, I suspect the truth is that Stonehenge was actually the derelict ruins of some ancient structure, which the Welsh wanted to replace with some new development, so they sold it to some millionaire Ancient Briton king and transported to Salisbury Plain, in much the same way that London Bridge was bought by that American and taken to the US to be re-erected in Arizona, or wherever it is.  Actually, if Stonehenge was originally sited in Wales, how does that affect the theory that it is some kind of device for calculating astronomical phenomena?  They all seem to be predicated upon the idea that it was built in its current location specifically for this purpose, orientated so that the rays of the sun hit parts of it at precise times.  If it was built elsewhere, surely this would be thrown into disarray?  Not that anyone knows for sure what it was for, of course.  For all we know, it could be the remains of some ancient toilet for visiting aliens - those stones with cross pieces could be 'straining bars' for giant, multi-tentacled ancient aliens.

Of course, I remember the 'good old days' when there was full public access to the stones and those bloody 'druids' turned up every Summer solstice to do whatever the Hell it is that those weirdos do.  Mind you, in view of all this business about Stonehenge being originally built in Wales, I strongly suspect that those 'druids' were actually part of some Welsh plot to steal it back.  Back then, in the seventies, there was also the 'Stonehenge Free Festival' every year, an entirely unofficial and unauthorised gathering which saw hundreds of grimy looking long haired, mainly drunk and spaced out, freaks descend on the stones to listen to whichever bands could be bothered to turn up and perform for free.  (Actually, some of the acts, like Hawkwind, Doctor and the Medics and Dexy's Midnight Runners, were pretty impressive).  Anyway, every year it was on, the local newspapers in Salisbury, (we had two back then), would be full of pictures of these hairy hippie types lounging all over the stones, to the accompaniment of outraged letters from readers wanting to know why the police hadn't arrested them all and given them bloody good thrashings.  Eventually the stones were fenced off to prevent access to them during the event.  

Finally, in 1985, after ten years, things all came to a head with Wiltshire Constabulary violently breaking it all up in the so called 'Battle of the Beanfield' during which they smashed up vehicles driven by travellers heading for the festival, after forcing them into a field.  If I remember rightly, then Home Secretary Douglas Hurd was moved to describe the travellers as 'a bunch of medieval brigands'.  Which seemed a bit harsh, as the violence seemed to entirely from the police.  It was after this that they also started restricting access to the stones for the 'druids'.  Nowadays, of course, nobody can get near the stones themselves.  No doubt the Welsh would tell you that if only Stonehenge was still in its alleged rightful place in Wales, then they'd still be accessible to all, with wild revelry and male voice choirs performing every Summer solstice.