Parts of Stonehenge might have been taken from a stone circle in Wales, a study has found Flickr
The bluestones of Stonehenge, which form part of the world famous prehistoric monument, were recycled from an even older monument in Wales, according to new research by archaeologists, who have found evidence for a stone circle of identical diameter also aligned on the midsummer solstice at Waun Mawn in the Preseli hills, near where the bluestones were quarried.
Work began on Salisbury Plain the site of Stonehenge some 5,000 years ago and the bluestones, later rearranged several times, were the first stone features added to the earliest earth banks and ditches. Some still believe glaciers transported the stones 250km from Pembrokeshire to Wiltshire, but most now accept that stones each weighing up to five tons were moved, probably by water and then dragged over land, by stupendous human effort. The distinctive profile of the monument came from the gigantic sarsen
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