NEW YORK: The recent discovery of a massive Neolithic stone monument in Stonehenge has been described by researchers as “archeology on steroids.”
Believed to be hauled into position more than 4500 years ago, the massive stone monument was discovered by archeologists along a bank two miles from Stonehenge, reported the Guardian.
“What we are starting to see is the largest surviving stone monument, preserved underneath a bank, that has ever been discovered in Britain and possibly in Europe,” said Vince Gaffney, Bradford University who leads the Stonehenge archeologist who is leading the Hidden Landscape project.
Using ground-penetrating radar, researchers were able to image 30 intact stones measuring up to 4.5m tall, while the fragments of 60 more buried stones revealed the monument’s full extent.
The massive stones formed part of a C-shaped Neolithic arena that bordered a dry valley and directly faced the river Avon.
They seem to have been joined with a chalk ridge that was cut into in order to accentuate the natural border.
The discovery of the monument at Durrington Walls puts forward the idea that buildings were modified and later recycled since the first stones in Stonehenge were laid around 3100BC.
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