The 5,000-year-old stone circle on Salisbury Plain was once in private hands and therefore at the mercy of vandals and thieves looking to pocket a bit of history. Above: The stones in 1870.
It s one of the world s most iconic historical sites and a British cultural icon, but it seems the debate over how and why Stonehenge was built around 5,000 years ago is far from over.
Spanish Stonehenge, which is 2,000 years older than England s, has re-appeared from the depths of a reservoir due to an intense drought draining the waterbody to just 28% capacity.
The pits date from 8,200 BCE to 7,800 BCE and were found by University of Birmingham and Ghent University researchers using a combination of novel geophysics and traditional archaeology.