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Possible stone circle find near monumentFrom the BBC website, story by Andrew Dawkins; Archaeologists excavating the area around an historic stone formation believe a man-made ring of stones, known as a stone circle, may have been found at the site. Arthur's Stone in Dorstone, Herefordshire, is said to mark the spot where King Arthur slew a giant. Professor of archaeology at The University of Manchester Julian Thomas said a survey had shown up a circle about 20m (65.6ft) across that seemed to "not be of natural origin". .... Prof Thomas said when work started at Arthur's Stone, a trench was opened up "the other side of the hedge from the monument". He added: "[We] found that there are further prehistoric features there, so we've got an avenue which starts out as an avenue of timbers and is replaced by an avenue of stones. "[This] runs down the hill from the monument itself and as a response to that, we conducted further surveys." Prof Thomas said one thing it showed up was a circle, which "looks like it's perhaps a barrow or a timber circle or a stone circle". But it was "certainly something made by human beings" and about half of that was now being opened up, with a stone circle thought to be the most likely outcome. Full story at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqeyv5qnyeo.amp |
Posted by thesweetcheat14th July 2024ce |
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I do hope so. Great that new insights are coming all the time. Was chuffed to know a stone circle was discovered by geophys inside Castilly Henge near Bodmin few years back. |
Posted by GLADMAN14th July 2024ce |
| Yeah, it would be very cool. An avenue too, proper complex! |
Posted by thesweetcheat 14th July 2024ce |
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