An ancient burial site has been revealed to be the earliest known large circular enclosure in Britain. Archaeological research by the University of Exeter and Historic England has shed new light on ...

Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.

Researchers have found that a prehistoric burial site called Flagstones is one of the earliest known large circular ...

A later burial of a young adult male under a large sarsen stone at the centre of the enclosure took place about 1,000 years or so after its initial use. The earliest construction on Stonehenge ...

Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date. “Flagstones is an unusual monument; a perfectly circular ditched ...

A later burial of a young adult male under a large sarsen stone at the centre of the enclosure took place about 1,000 years or so after its initial use. The earliest construction on Stonehenge ...

"Could Stonehenge have been a copy of Flagstones ... Wales, and artefacts and burial practices implied even locations in Ireland. The university said the findings highlighted "the ...

A Dorset burial site has been revealed as Britain ... It could also suggest that “our current dating of Stonehenge might need revision”, a researcher says. The site’s unique structure ...

The parallels between Flagstones and Stonehenge — both serving as burial grounds — have sparked discussions about the emergence of circular enclosures in ancient Britain, which may have taken ...

A later burial of a young adult male under a large ... “The ‘sister’ monument to Flagstones is Stonehenge, whose first phase is almost identical, but it dates to around 2900 BC.

A later burial of a young adult male under a large sarsen stone at the centre of the enclosure ... “The ‘sister’ monument to Flagstones is Stonehenge, whose first phase is almost identical, but it ...