Experts believe that “they may have recovered the true origins” of the ancient monument.
It is now thought that Stonehenge’s smaller bluestones originally formed an even older, long-lost monument in the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Prof Roberts presents a BBC programme, Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed, which followed archaeologists over years of digs and a decade of research.
The discovery is featured in Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed (Adam Stanford/BBC/Aerial-Cam)
Professor Mike Parker Pearson’s findings now show “that the original stones of Britain’s most iconic monument had a previous life”.
Speaking to the PA news agency, presenter Prof Roberts said the archaeologists “were always up against it”.
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Stonehenge discovery an astonishing breakthrough , says Professor Alice Roberts Experts believe that they may have recovered the true origins of the ancient monument. Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed is presented by Alice RobertsArchaeologists were almost on the brink of giving up when they made their astonishing discovery about Stonehenge, TV scientist Professor Alice Roberts has said.
Experts believe that they may have recovered the true origins of the ancient monument.
It is now thought that Stonehenge s smaller bluestones originally formed an even older, long-lost monument in the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Prof Roberts presents a BBC programme,