For centuries, scientists have been trying to determine who built Stonehenge. Today, the leading theory is that several ...

Researchers have found that a prehistoric burial site called Flagstones is one of the earliest known large circular ...

Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months – uniting people in the process ...

Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date ...

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to ... were brought from nearly 150 miles away and used in the monument’s construction. Researchers now find that the altar stone was placed within ...

Progress has been made on the major construction plans at Stonehenge, after Wiltshire Council approved further steps in the new learning centre project. In 2024, the local authority gave the go-ahead ...

However, several smaller carved penises from around the time of Stonehenge's construction have been found just two miles from the site. The Altar Stone is a six-tonne sandstone slab that lies flat ...

After its construction, circular monuments were built ... Although the new dates suggest that Flagstones is older than Stonehenge, Greaney thinks that scientists should reassess and redate Stonehenge.

Or do these findings suggest our current dating of Stonehenge might need revision?' The Flagstones monument was discovered in the 1980s during the construction of the Dorchester bypass.

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Archaeologists have discovered a Stonehenge-esque circle of timber posts in Denmark, thought to be from the late Neolithic or early ...

A new study has revealed that Flagstones in Dorset dates to 3,200 years BC and sheds new light on the origins of monumental architecture during the Neolithic period.

Its similarity to the early stages of Stonehenge, which also includes ... really precise estimates for when events like monument construction took place," Greaney said. To more accurately date ...