Archaeologists uncover 5,000‑year‑old structure near Stonehenge
A wooden‑pole arrangement dating to about 5,000 years ago was found three miles from Stonehenge, predating the monument by roughly 500 years and aligned to solstice sunrises and sunsets.
Archaeologists announced the discovery of a 5,000‑year‑old structure located three miles (approximately 5 km) from Stonehenge, near Bulford in Wiltshire. The structure, which predates the main stone circle at Stonehenge by around 500 years, consisted of two wooden poles set 120 metres apart and aligned to point directly at the rising sun at the summer solstice and the setting sun at the winter solstice. The announcement was made a few days before the summer solstice, when thousands are expected to gather at Stonehenge for sunrise.
The site also yielded pottery, animal bones and a very rare disc‑shaped artifact, according to perspectivemedia.com.
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