Series of massive pits appears to have encircled the known site of Durrington Walls, just a couple miles from Stonehenge, between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago.

Stonehenge researches have found new evidence to argue the creation of the World Heritage Site was partly used to unify the people living across Great Britain.

What sets Stonehenge apart is the circle around it, containing 56 chalk pits known as the Aubrey Holes, external. Steven believes this could be a giant diagram of the board in the middle of the ...

This diagram shows how the Stonehenge calendar may have worked. (Image credit: Image courtesy Timothy Darvill) Additionally, there are four "station stones," as archaeologists call them, that are ...

Exclusive: Stonehenge had a close, wooden rival of gigantic proportions - that was cut down before completion and buried for thousands of years. Now, thanks to a long-awaited excavation, its story ...

Archaeologists generally agree this megalithic structure, known as Ales Stenar ("Ale's Stones"), was assembled about 1,000 years ago, near the end of the Iron Age, as a burial monument.

STONEHENGE researchers were stunned after analysing the genetic signature of human remains discovered beneath the ancient structure.

A diagram showing the Stonehenge past and present (Credit: Mike Pitts) Such a suspicion had first been raised in 1666 by John Aubrey, biographer and antiquary, ...

STONEHENGE researchers discovered a huge ancient arc surrounding the grounds of the structure, which could provide answers as to the reason and meaning behind the Neolithic landmark.