New research suggests that, as well as being a probable centre for the veneration of the Sun, Stonehenge was also a fertility temple. A detailed study of a partly buried fallen stone at the monument ...
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Could This Prehistoric Burial Site Have Influenced the Construction of Stonehenge?Researchers say that Flagstones, a large circular enclosure in southern England, dates to around 3200 B.C.E.—which means it ...
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Stonehenge’s older ‘sister’: Ancient monument in Dorchester’s dating stuns archaeologistsFirst discovered in the 1980s, Flagstones is a circular monument resembling a running track that might have even inspired Stonehenge. Archaeologists from the University of Exeter ...
Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date ...
Flagstones, an ancient burial site in Dorset, England, may be centuries older than Stonehenge, according to a new study.
Dr Susan Greaney, a specialist in Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, in Exeter’s Department of Archaeology and History, said ...
Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months ...
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The Ancient Burial Site of Flagstones May Have Inspired StonehengeLearn about Flagstones, a circular enclosure in southern Britain that is now dated to around 3200 B.C.E The site, which was ...
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