Posted inStone Age Archaeology

Stonehenge may have been built to unite the ancient Britons in the face of the arrival of peoples from the continent

Stonehenge may have been built to unite the ancient Britons against the arrival of new people from continental Europe, according to researchers in a study published in Archaeology International. The study highlights the discovery that the Altar Stone originated in Scotland, confirming that all of Stonehenge’s stones were transported to Salisbury Plain from faraway locations. […]

Posted inModern Era

How a lawyer bought Stonehenge in 1915

Stonehenge is England’s most important prehistoric monument and undoubtedly the world’s most famous chromlech. UNESCO added it to its World Heritage list in 1986, increasing the level of protection it had from a century earlier, when it was declared a Scheduled Monument, a classification used in the United Kingdom for outstanding archaeological or historical sites. […]