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Monday 7 September 2015

Archaeologists unearth 4,500 year old giant stones in New Stonehenge


Experts in the United Kingdom have discovered a new monumental wonder from prehistory that has been overlooked for so long and it's just a mile away from Stonehenge monument that has mystified and enraptured archaeologist and visitors.

The new discovery was made by using sophisticated radar equipment towed by quadbikes. And it shows that the area around Stonehenge is littered with prehistoric sights of about 90 or more stones, lying 3ft underground, the giant stones dates back more than 4,500 years.
The buried monoliths are each up to 15ft tall. Instead of being arranged in a circle as they are at Stonehenge, it is thought they once formed a long standing line.


'We're looking at one of the largest stone monuments in Europe and it has been under our noses for something like 4,000 years,' said Professor Vince Gaffney, from the University of Bradford, one of the archaeologists leading the research. 'It's truly remarkable.

'We don't think there's anything quite like this anywhere else in the world. This is completely new and the scale is extraordinary.

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