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Nice bit in the Independent.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/hidden-henge-archaeologists-discover-huge-stonehenge-sibling-nearby-9722087.html

Also the Guardian... a bit of defleshing as well....

"One of the most striking monuments to emerge from the survey was a 33 metre-long burial mound containing a massive wooden building whose timber foundations – and a giant upright blocking its entrance – were spotted in the soil. Predating Stonehenge, the building is thought to have been a house of the dead where bizarre burial rituals were played out. "The rituals included exposure of the dead bodies, and defleshing on a large forecourt," said Wolfgang Neuber, at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute. The house was later covered in chalk and finally became a curious white landmark."

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/10/stonehenge-teeming-chapels-shrines-archaeology-research

The article gives a dozen images of what has been found, but not on the online version, which is a shame..