Stonehenge: A new dimension
Stonehenge Monument Introduction Many people are familiar with the famous Neolithic standing stone circle at Stonehenge . This is located on Salisbury Plain and about ninety miles SW of London. On October 6th of this year I posted information on the early stages of the Stonehenge monument entailing the movement of stones from SW Wales to the Stonehenge site. About two miles to the N.E. of Stonehenge is a huge Neolithic settlement and henge known as Durrington Walls. Archaeologists have recently discovered two arcs of huge underground pits which encircle the Durrington Walls site. Interpretation of these pits in context of the entire Durrington Walls-Stonehenge complex was subject of a programme on Channel 5 (UK) on Dec 9th 2021 from which the bulk of information conveyed in this post has been sourced. Newly Discovered Pits Archaeologists have recently discovered two arcs of man-made underground pits. Originally, there was speculation that the features were actually sink ho...