Astonishing' Stonehenge discovery offers new insights into Neolithic ancestors.

Archaeologists led by a team from the University of Bradford have made a major discovery close to Stonehenge.
The international consortium, part of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project, found evidence of a 2km wide ring of prehistoric pits.
The pits are 10m across and 5m deep and have been carbon dated to 2500BC.
Prof Vince Gaffney, 50th Anniversary Chair of the School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences in the Faculty of Life Sciences, said it was extraordinary such a major find had been made so close to Stonehenge.

[@paulbennett772]

With unexpected discoveries such as this being made, the notion of a road tunnel through all this precious archaeology becomes unthinkable

[@clevermesays]

Wow, such much information in one video. Amazing!

[@lowenzahn3976]

Particle accelerator / Synchrotron collider

[@xxxxgamerxxxxx1]

i don't know why but i get the impression that this was trade settlement that relied on the river for transport of goods rather than a religious center

[@bingomat1980]

Definitely a donut.

[@Bobaklives]

Very cool, read the NYT article that linked here. Only wish is some of the site labels were bigger since (like a good chunk of folks) I’m viewing this on a phone.

[@katetricker1924]

OMG that's amazing. They are huge though, what were they used for?

[@franklucas2340]

Amazing, this place established for that many years, then disapated into the unknown. This location meant something to them. Where is the remaining knowledge? Hidden or lost

[@whyis45stillalive]

What was the purpose, of so many large holes? What, if anything was in them? A hole 10m diameter by 5m deep holds more than 500 yards, of fill. That's at *least* 25 tri-axle dump truck loads... Per hole.

[@noragami6818]

They were just . . . "bored"

[@pahu47]

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[@heleneimoukhuede4818]

Please relate your discovery to the Stonehenge site in France! Did the French take the stones there?

[@G31M1]

The first thing I think of is the earth circling around the sun. So was it maybe a calendar? Or just a simple watch? I guess the sunlight shining through the stones in a certain angle at sunrise or sunset hit different holes and maybe that's how they measured time. If it was a calendar it would maybe show them when to plant and harvest plants etc. so they could prepare for winter. After all humans started to cultivate and domesticate plants and animals a long time ago. (Wheat was cultivated about 10 000 years ago.)

[@noragami6818]

Then why in such a huge scale ? I mean you could do it in a much tinier scale to get the job done.

[@Andersons999]

Way to go you

[@Cryolyptic]

It's a city.