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Remarkable ancient structure found just two miles from Stonehenge


Remarkable new archaeological discoveries are beginning to suggest that Stonehenge was built at a time of particularly intense religious and political rivalry.

Just two miles north-east of the World Heritage site, at an important archaeological complex known as Durrington Walls, archaeologists have just discovered what appears to have been a vast 500-metre diameter circle of giant timber posts. The find is of international significance.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/revealed-remarkable-ancient-structure-found-just-two-miles-from-stonehenge-a7190476.html
moss Posted by moss
15th August 2016ce

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This news about it being a timber circle not stone has been filtering through for some time now...How did they get it wrong? moss Posted by moss
15th August 2016ce
It is yet another Gaffney gaffe . They have been commented on here over the years .
The last one was .

https://www.headheritage.co.uk/headtohead/tma/topic/73863/threaded/928877
tiompan Posted by tiompan
17th August 2016ce
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