Stone circle found in Outer Hebrides is 50 years older than Stonehenge
21 years, 7 months ago

Stone circle found in Outer Hebrides is 50 years older than Stonehenge

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An ancient stone circle built 50 years before Stonehenge has been uncovered on the site of its quarry after lying buried in peat on a Scottish island for thousands of years. The structure, Na Dromannan, is 100 feet wide and overlooks the four other Standing Stones of Callanish, a pattern resembling a Celtic cross on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides. "It is the only stone circle we have found built on a quarry, and the circle could commemorate the quarry as sacred. Two stone structures in Orkney, the Stones of Staenness and the Ring of Brodgar, and the Callanish stones on Lewis are also 5,000 years old.

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Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark
1 month ago

Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark

The Hindu  

Danish archeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old circle of wooden piles that they say could be linked to Britain's world-renowned Stonehenge. "It is a once in a lifetime find," Sidsel Wahlin, conservationist at the town's Vesthimmerland museum, said in an email to AFP. Archeologists first found an early Bronze Age settlement at the building site that included a chieftains grave and …

Scientists may have discovered the true purpose behind construction of Stonehenge
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Scientists may have discovered the true purpose behind construction of Stonehenge

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than 900 stone circles have been discovered across the country but Stonehenge held unique …

Scientists may have discovered the true purpose behind construction of Stonehenge
3 months ago

Scientists may have discovered the true purpose behind construction of Stonehenge

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than 900 stone circles have been discovered across the country but Stonehenge held unique …

Stonehenge mystery is SOLVED after 5,000 years - as scientists finally crack why the mysterious monument was built
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3 months, 1 week ago

Stonehenge mystery is SOLVED after 5,000 years - as scientists finally crack why the mysterious monument was built

Daily Mail  

Why the mighty Stonehenge was built around 5,000 years ago has long been one of the great mysteries. Wiltshire's famous stone circle is one of the world's most iconic historic sites and a British cultural icon - but its intended purpose has long divided academics The new research comes a day before the winter solstice - the shortest day of …

Stonehenge's biggest remaining mysteries: The five key unanswered questions about the prehistoric monument - as research reveals the Altar Stone was sourced in Scotland
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Stonehenge's biggest remaining mysteries: The five key unanswered questions about the prehistoric monument - as research reveals the Altar Stone was sourced in Scotland

Daily Mail  

The mysteries of Stonehenge have left generations of archaeologists scratching their heads for more than 400 years. To explain how the stones may have been moved, researchers at Newcastle University suggest that the Stonehenge builders could have used 'greased sleds'. Studies of pig and cattle teeth found abandoned on the road to Stonehenge found that people were bringing the animals …

Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows

LA Times  

Stonehenge, in Wiltshire, England, was constructed around 5,000 years ago, with stones forming different circles brought to the site at different times. For more than a hundred years, scientists believed that Stonehenge’s central sandstone slab — long called the “altar stone” — came from much closer Wales. Stonehenge was constructed around 5,000 years ago, with stones forming different circles brought …

Ancient stone circle in Wales may have been rebuilt as Stonehenge, archaeologists discover
4 years, 1 month ago

Ancient stone circle in Wales may have been rebuilt as Stonehenge, archaeologists discover

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists believe they may have discovered the “true origins” of the …

Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales: Archaeologists
4 years, 1 month ago

Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales: Archaeologists

Al Jazeera  

Researchers at University College London say they believe some of the stones originally formed an even older monument in Wales. Archaeologists believe they have discovered the origins of the Stonehenge prehistoric monument after they uncovered the remains of an ancient stone circle in Wales that may have been dismantled and rebuilt hundreds of years later in England. Now researchers at …

Stonehenge ground scans uncover giant circle of pits buried near prehistoric monument
4 years, 9 months ago

Stonehenge ground scans uncover giant circle of pits buried near prehistoric monument

ABC  

Archaeologists have discovered a wide circle of deep pits surrounding an ancient settlement near Stonehenge, opening up new lines of investigation into the origins and meaning of the mysterious, prehistoric monument. Key points: The circle of pits is larger than any prehistoric monument in Britain Researchers have found 20 shafts, but there may have been more than 30 Each one …

Scientists say they discovered the origin of Stonehenge’s stones — 180 miles away
6 years, 1 month ago

Scientists say they discovered the origin of Stonehenge’s stones — 180 miles away

LA Times  

Washington Post Archaeologists in the United Kingdom say they have traced dozens of Stonehenge’s massive rocks to two quarries in west Wales. In some places, the charcoal was mixed with dirt and stones to form flat platforms, which may have been used like loading bays to distribute the massive pillars, said Michael Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at University College London …

‘Ancient’ stone circle in Scotland turns out to be a 1990s replica
6 years, 2 months ago

‘Ancient’ stone circle in Scotland turns out to be a 1990s replica

CNN  

CNN — When a Stonehenge-like stone circle was discovered on farmland in rural Scotland last year, archaeologists were thrilled. Recumbent stone circles, like the new discovery, were built between 3,500 and 4.500 years ago and were unique to the northeast of Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council wrote on its website at the time. Responding to the news, the council said research into …

HOW WAS STONEHENGE BUILT?
6 years, 11 months ago

HOW WAS STONEHENGE BUILT?

Daily Mail  

Stonehenge is one of the most prominent prehistoric monuments in Britain. According to the monument's website, Stonehenge was built in four stages: First stage: The first version of Stonehenge was a large earthwork or Henge, comprising a ditch, bank and the Aubrey holes, all probably built around 3100 BC. Second stage: The second and most dramatic stage of Stonehenge started …

WHO BUILT STONEHENGE?
6 years, 11 months ago

WHO BUILT STONEHENGE?

Daily Mail  

Stonehenge was built thousands of years before machinery was invented. To do this would have required a high degree of ingenuity, and experts believe the ancient engineers used a pulley system over a shifting conveyor-belt of logs. Historians now think that the ring of stones was built in several different stages, with the first completed around 5,000 years ago by …

Averbury stone circle is concealing hidden strucutre
7 years, 9 months ago

Averbury stone circle is concealing hidden strucutre

Daily Mail  

A 'striking and apparently unique' square monument built nearly 3,000 years ago has been found hidden underneath Avebury, the Neolthic stone circle just miles from Stonehenge. The reconstructed ground plan of the Southern Inner Circle showing positions of the newly discovered standing stones in blue Researchers walked across the study area, taking radar readings every 0.5 metres. The stone circle …

Reason behind Stonehenge may be revealed thanks to Neolithic complex
8 years, 4 months ago

Reason behind Stonehenge may be revealed thanks to Neolithic complex

Daily Mail  

A new discovery could help shed light on why the mysterious Stonehenge was built. The large complex, found in a city around 1.5 miles from the famous stone circle, is thought to date back more than 1,000 years before Stonehenge. The large complex, found in a city around 1.5 miles from the famous stone circle, is thought to date back …

New research reveals the ‘spectacular’ secrets of Britain’s earliest stone circles
8 years, 7 months ago

New research reveals the ‘spectacular’ secrets of Britain’s earliest stone circles

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s the first time individual circles have been assessed to really know what’s going on,” …

Stonehenge: The earliest Ikea flat pack in history?
9 years, 3 months ago

Stonehenge: The earliest Ikea flat pack in history?

CNN  

Story highlights Stonehenge one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments The stone circle was erected in the late Neolithic period New evidence suggests the monument was originally built in Wales Around a million people visit the site each year CNN — It’s one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments – but is Stonehenge the “Ikea of monolithic monument …

Stonehenge was built in Wales and 'dragged off' to Wiltshire 500 years later, study suggests
9 years, 3 months ago

Stonehenge was built in Wales and 'dragged off' to Wiltshire 500 years later, study suggests

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stonehenge could have been first built in what is now Wales …

Superhenge? Stonehenge archeologists find huge neolithic site with up to 90 standing stones
9 years, 6 months ago

Superhenge? Stonehenge archeologists find huge neolithic site with up to 90 standing stones

Firstpost  

Archaeologists on Monday said they had found the buried remains of a mysterious prehistoric monument close to Britain’s famous Stonehenge heritage site. London: Archaeologists on Monday said they had found the buried remains of a mysterious prehistoric monument close to Britain’s famous Stonehenge heritage site. “Not only does this new evidence demonstrate a completely unexpected phase of monumental architecture at …

Stonehenge mystery thickens
9 years, 6 months ago

Stonehenge mystery thickens

The Hindu  

Researchers have discovered what may be the largest surviving Neolithic stone monument in the U.K. — an enormous ‘superhenge’ with as many as 100 large standing stones — about three kilometres from the famous Stonehenge. The hidden arrangement of nearly 100 huge standing stones formed part of a C-shaped Neolithic arena that bordered a dry valley and faced the Avon …

Huge ritual arena discovered near Stonehenge
9 years, 6 months ago

Huge ritual arena discovered near Stonehenge

The Hindu  

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a massive stone monument buried under a thick, grassy bank only two miles from pre-historic monument Stonehenge in England, the media reported on Monday. The hidden arrangement of up to 90 huge standing stones formed part of a C-shaped Neolithic arena that bordered a dry valley and faced directly towards the Avon river, The …

Stonehenge was ancient party spot: researchers
12 years ago

Stonehenge was ancient party spot: researchers

ABC  

British researchers have unveiled a new theory about the origins of Stonehenge, saying the ancient stone circle was originally a graveyard and venue for mass celebrations. A team led by Professor Mike Parker Pearson of University College London said Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is both older and had a different function than previously thought. "In many ways our …

Geologists pinpoint exact source of Stonehenge rocks
13 years, 3 months ago

Geologists pinpoint exact source of Stonehenge rocks

Firstpost  

The discovery could put an end to the age-old debate over the source of the prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire and may throw new light on how those rocks were transported. London: Geologists have pinpointed the exact source of the rocks believed to have been used to create the famous Stonehenge’s first stone circle some 5,000 years ago. The discovery …

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