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posted by martyb on Monday June 22 2020, @07:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the Can-you-dig-it?-Shaft! dept.

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.

Also at BBC and ITV.


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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Wednesday June 24 2020, @01:45AM

    by driverless (4770) on Wednesday June 24 2020, @01:45AM (#1011806)

    And all the warm beer you can drink after knock-off time.

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