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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thomas Hardy with a sarsen stone at the site now known as Flagstones Dorset Museum Structures like Flagstones and Stonehenge may have taken inspiration from burial sites in eastern Ireland ...

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 ...

Could Stonehenge have been a copy of Flagstones ... as implied by artifacts and burial practices. The findings highlight the interconnectedness of Neolithic communities across Britain and beyond.

If, when you think “England’s earliest cremation cemetery,” you immediately blurt out “Stonehenge,” well, you may have another, older think coming. Flagstones, a burial site in Dorset ...

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 ...

or it might be that we need to go back to our dates of Stonehenge and think again," she told Live Science in an email. Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial site, was found in the 1980s ...

"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 ...