Tag: Stonehenge

Archaeologists from the University of Birmingham and Ghent University have identified a series of prehistoric pits in the Stonehenge landscape, located in Salisbury Plain, England.

The area was designated part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites by UNESCO in 1986, in recognition for one of the most architecturally sophisticated stone circles in the world, in addition to the rich Neolithic, and Bronze age remains found nearby, such as the West Kennet Avenue, Beckhampton Avenue, West Kennet Long Barrow, the Sanctuary, and Windmill Hill.

Archaeologists conducting excavations in the Preseli Hills in Wales have discovered the remains of a stone circle, that may have been dismantled and used in the early phase of bluestone construction at Stonehenge.

Wessex Archaeology’s investigations, which included over 462 hectares of geophysical survey and 440 evaluation trenches, uncovered evidence of human activity dating back over 7000 years.

The Stonehenge Landscape contains over 400 ancient sites, that includes burial mounds known as barrows, Woodhenge, the Durrington Walls, the Stonehenge Cursus, the Avenue, and surrounds the monument of Stonehenge which is managed by English Heritage.

The Stonehenge landscape comprises mainly of chalk grasslands, covering an area of around 2100 acres and centred on Neolithichic monument of Stonehenge.