Superhenge discovery heightens mystery: May conjure up rewrite on Stonehenge?, The newly discovered Superhenge means that Stonehenge was just part of a much bigger picture as this mysterious site is mapped through imagery in southwest England. Archaeologists are in their glory after the use of ground penetrating radar shows stone monuments in the shape of a gigantic letter “C” not far from Stonehenge and buried under only 3-feet of earth.
According to CNN News on September 7, this Superhenge discovery is the largest stone monument ever found in England and possibly all of Europe. The data from the high-resolution ground penetrating radar technology that the archaeologists deployed shows as many as 90 huge stones after they’ve been pushed over and covered with a “massive bank." This structure is believed to be 4,500 years old and thought to be a ritual arena of some sort.
Professor Wolfgang Neubauer, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology described the find. He said, "In the east up to 30 stones, measuring up to size of 4.5 x 1.5 x 1 meters (14.7 x 5 x 3.3 feet), have survived below the bank whereas elsewhere the stones are fragmentary or represented by massive foundation pits."
According to BBC News today, Stonehenge researchers "may have found largest Neolithic site." This discovery was made beneath the Durrington Walls by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project team. This Superhenge was believed erected about 1,000 years before Stonehenge was built about 3,500 years ago.
"Our high-resolution ground penetrating radar data has revealed an amazing row of up to 90 standing stones, a number of which have survived after being pushed over, and a massive bank placed over the stones," said professor Wolfgang Neubauer, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology.
Paul Garwood, an archaeologist and lead historian on the project at the University of Birmingham, said, "The extraordinary scale, detail and novelty of the evidence produced by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, which the new discoveries at Durrington Walls exemplify, is changing fundamentally our understanding of Stonehenge and the world around it."
Garwood continued with, "Everything written previously about the Stonehenge landscape and the ancient monuments within it will need to be rewritten."
Archaeologist Nick Snashall said: "The presence of what appear to be stones, surrounding the site of one of the largest Neolithic settlements in Europe adds a whole new chapter to the Stonehenge story." What this Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project team of researchers found will be announced on the first day of the British Science Festival being held at the University of Bradford.
According to CNN News on September 7, this Superhenge discovery is the largest stone monument ever found in England and possibly all of Europe. The data from the high-resolution ground penetrating radar technology that the archaeologists deployed shows as many as 90 huge stones after they’ve been pushed over and covered with a “massive bank." This structure is believed to be 4,500 years old and thought to be a ritual arena of some sort.
Professor Wolfgang Neubauer, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology described the find. He said, "In the east up to 30 stones, measuring up to size of 4.5 x 1.5 x 1 meters (14.7 x 5 x 3.3 feet), have survived below the bank whereas elsewhere the stones are fragmentary or represented by massive foundation pits."
According to BBC News today, Stonehenge researchers "may have found largest Neolithic site." This discovery was made beneath the Durrington Walls by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project team. This Superhenge was believed erected about 1,000 years before Stonehenge was built about 3,500 years ago.
"Our high-resolution ground penetrating radar data has revealed an amazing row of up to 90 standing stones, a number of which have survived after being pushed over, and a massive bank placed over the stones," said professor Wolfgang Neubauer, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology.
Paul Garwood, an archaeologist and lead historian on the project at the University of Birmingham, said, "The extraordinary scale, detail and novelty of the evidence produced by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, which the new discoveries at Durrington Walls exemplify, is changing fundamentally our understanding of Stonehenge and the world around it."
Garwood continued with, "Everything written previously about the Stonehenge landscape and the ancient monuments within it will need to be rewritten."
Archaeologist Nick Snashall said: "The presence of what appear to be stones, surrounding the site of one of the largest Neolithic settlements in Europe adds a whole new chapter to the Stonehenge story." What this Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project team of researchers found will be announced on the first day of the British Science Festival being held at the University of Bradford.
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