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The Discovery of Lascaux Cave Paintings
Eighty years ago on the 12th September 1940 four teenagers followed their dog down a narrow hole to discover a stunning underground gallery of prehistoric artwork. The boys had discovered a complex of caves at Lascaux in the Vézère Valley … Continue reading
Mitchell’s Fold: Prehistoric Monument or Modern Hoax?
Situated just inside the English border with Wales in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Mitchell’s Fold stone circle is part of a complex of prehistoric monuments in the landscape near Priest Weston, Montgomery. Sited on a … Continue reading
Provenancing the stones of Stonehenge
Standing on Salisbury Plain like a megalithic cathedral in the centre of a huge prehistoric cemetery the ancient monument of Stonehenge has been a puzzle since Roman times: What is it? Why is it here? Where did the stones come … Continue reading
The Source of Stonehenge Sarsens
Archaeologists have discovered the source of Stonehenge’s sarsen stones in a Wiltshire woodland. The sarsens weighing typically 20 tonnes and up to 7 metres tall, constitute the huge trilithons of the central horseshoe, the uprights and lintels of the outer … Continue reading
Stonehenge Tunnel Delayed
The recent discovery of a 1.2 mile-wide (2km) circle of at least 20 shafts measuring more than 10m (30ft) in diameter and 5m (15ft) in depth centred on Durrington Walls has delayed the decision on whether to build a £2.4bn … Continue reading
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Iron Age mystery at Wendover
Preparatory work ahead of the construction of the HS2 high-speed rail link that will connect London to Birmingham has unearthed a a number of finds near Wendover in Buckinghamshire ranging from the Neolithic Age to the Medieval period with evidence … Continue reading
The Source of the Altar Stone
The Altar Stone at Stonehenge is unique, no other stone at the monument on Salisbury Plain constitutes the same lithology; a greenish sandstone thought to be of Late Silurian-Devonian (‘Old Red Sandstone’) age. It is classed as one of the … Continue reading
Ring of Shafts Discovered Centred on Durrington Walls
A 1.2 mile-wide (2km) circle of large shafts measuring more than 10m (30ft) in diameter and 5m (15ft) in depth has been discovered centred on Durrington Walls. A team from the universities of St Andrews, Birmingham, Warwick, Bradford, Glasgow and … Continue reading
The Desecration of Doll Tor Stone Circle
The small upland area of Stanton Moor in the Derbyshire Peak District, with more than seventy prehistoric barrows is awarded protection as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The moor has four Bronze Age stone circles, of which the best known is … Continue reading
