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Dr Susan Greaney, a specialist in Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, in Exeter’s Department of Archaeology and History, said ...
The analysis suggests that Flagstones may have served as a prototype for later monuments like Stonehenge. Findings from this ...
Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months ...
but the holes themselves were likely not made to be used as graves, but as part of a religious ceremony. After this first stage, Stonehenge was abandoned and left untouched for more than 1,000 years.
Originally, it was thought to date to around 2900 BCE – the same time as Stonehenge. It made sense: as a circle of intersecting pits, 100 meters (328 feet) across, Flagstones was strikingly ...
The similarity of the site to the first phase of Stonehenge, which has been dated to about 2900 BC, led to the assumption that Flagstones must be of a similar date. The new findings suggest the early ...
"Could Stonehenge have been a copy of Flagstones? Or do these findings suggest our current dating of Stonehenge might need ...