This is interesting. We think of Meso peeps as being firmly hunter gatherers, yet there is a growing train of thought that their was much less diff between the Meso and Neolithic times than we think - farmaing being a more gradual development than the Neolithic explosion we tend to think of.
At both Thornbrough and Stonehenge there are Meso pits. Thornbrough had a double pit alignment of 32 pits. Given the ultra low number of people this indicates a surprising amount of effort (possibly) for hunter gatherers in an environment supposed to be totally tree covered and boggy. The pit's at Thornborough were big - 1x2m and at least 1m deep.
Could it be that the great henge sites have their inspiration in much earlier times than we think?
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Ancient flints found on Cairngorms (Mr Altres)