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Scientists find huge ring of ancient shafts near Stonehenge:
Archaeologists said Monday that they have discovered a major prehistoric monument under the earth near Stonehenge that could shed new light on the origins of the mystical stone circle in southwestern England.
Experts from a group of British universities led by the University of Bradford say the site consists of at least 20 huge shafts, more than 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter and 5 meters (16 feet) deep, forming a circle more than 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) in diameter.
The new find is at Durrington Walls, the site of a Neolithic village about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from Stonehenge,
Researchers say the shafts appear to have been dug around 4,500 years ago, and could mark the boundary of a sacred area or precinct around a circular monument known as the Durrington Walls henge.
The hollows were initially thought to be natural voids in the limestone before the larger picture emerged to show a circle.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Monday June 22 2020, @08:37PM (4 children)
That must have been were the aliens landed their spacecraft. It's an exhaust vent. Nothing to see here.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday June 22 2020, @08:56PM (1 child)
If they were formed by compression, that should still be evident in the material of the shaft walls/bottoms.
Sounds like a combination quarry / sacred site operation to me. Would be cool to find evidence of the quarried material nearby.
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(Score: 2) by looorg on Monday June 22 2020, @09:06PM
Could be interesting, perhaps all stones used wasn't transported from as far away as previously thought. As I recall it most of the stones are supposed to have been quarried in Wales which is quite some distance away.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by RandomFactor on Monday June 22 2020, @10:15PM (1 child)
Holes from the landing struts.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @01:52AM
Musky landing burn.