Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.
Researchers say that Flagstones, a large circular enclosure in southern England, dates to around 3200 B.C.E.—which means it ...
Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date ...
The new timeline, established by researchers at the University of Exeter and Historic England, positions Flagstones as a potential precursor to iconic later monuments such as Stonehenge.
Dr Susan Greaney, a specialist in Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, in Exeter’s Department of Archaeology and History, said ...
A later burial of a young adult male under a large sarsen stone at the centre of the enclosure took place about 1,000 years or so after its initial use. The earliest construction on Stonehenge ...
Flagstones, an ancient burial site in Dorset, England, may be centuries older than Stonehenge, according to a new study.
A later burial of a young adult male under a large sarsen stone at the ... “The ‘sister’ monument to Flagstones is Stonehenge, whose first phase is almost identical, but it dates to around ...
Intriguingly, a later burial of a young adult male under a large sarsen stone at the center of the ... "The 'sister' monument ...
New research suggests that the Flagstones site in Dorset may be linked to Stonehenge.