Proposals to divert through a tunnel the busy road currently ... chairman of English Heritage which runs the site, said: "Today's news is a monumental moment in Stonehenge's 5,000 year history.
Researchers say that Flagstones, a large circular enclosure in southern England, dates to around 3200 B.C.E.—which means it ...
While Stonehenge's original purpose is much debated, a key similarity between the two sites is that they were both the sites of burials and cremations. At Stonehenge, archaeologists have found 64 ...
Stonehenge sits near the top of Britain’s most iconic landmarks, but a lesser-known precursor to this ancient site may be responsible for its lasting impact as an archaeological titan. The Flagstones ...
It could also suggest that “our current dating of Stonehenge might need revision”, a researcher says. The site’s unique structure – a perfectly circular ditched enclosure containing both ...
If, when you think “England’s earliest cremation cemetery,” you immediately blurt out “Stonehenge,” well, you may have another, older think coming. Flagstones, a burial site in Dorset ...
The similarity of this site to the first phase of Stonehenge, dated to around 2900 BC, led to the assumption that Flagstones must be of a similar date. The new scientific dating program ...
It has just been revealed that this ancient burial site in Dorset is older than Stonehenge. New research by the University of Exeter and Historic England has redated the Flagstones monument to be ...
The university said the findings suggested Flagstones may have served as a prototype to Stonehenge. Dorset Museum At least four burials were found to have been placed in the site's enclosure pits ...
Why Trust Us? Archaeologists have discovered a Stonehenge-esque circle of timber posts in Denmark, thought to be from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The site was likely used as a ritual ...