Durrington Walls is the brown circle in the middle, while Woodhenge is the much smaller one just to the left of it. The newly discovered shafts are marked as yellow dots, forming a ring around the ...

Series of massive pits appears to have encircled the known site of Durrington Walls, just a couple miles from Stonehenge, between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago.

Stonehenge is probably the world's most renowned henge – the name given to prehistoric stone or wooden circles. It's thought that the site's builders gathered close by at a settlement called ...

And, he thinks, maybe celebrations were going on all the time at Durrington Walls that were connected to Stonehenge. "There's lots of stuff going on — just look at any big ceremonial structure.

And, he thinks, maybe celebrations were going on all the time at Durrington Walls that were connected to Stonehenge. "There's lots of stuff going on — just look at any big ceremonial structure.

Excavations supported by National Geographic at Durrington Walls in the Stonehenge World Heritage site have revealed an enormous ancient settlement that once housed hundreds of people ...

Durrington Walls dates back to around 2,500 BC, when much of the famous stone monument was constructed, and experts think the site housed the people who built Stonehenge. A team of archaeologists ...

Durrington Walls is also surrounded by a 58-foot-long (17.6 m) ditch that forms an enclosure around an area that is approximately equivalent to 1 mile (1.5 km) of land.

More information: Oliver E. Craig et al. "Feeding Stonehenge: cuisine and consumption at the Late Neolithic site of Durrington Walls," Antiquity (2015). DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2015.110 ...

During a dig at Durrington Walls earlier in August, archeologists uncovered pits about 1.5 metres deep that once held huge wooden posts up to 60 centimetres wide and five metres tall.