Mysterious Fire Monument in England Predates Stonehenge by 800 Years
By Tia Ghose, Senior Writer | June 8, 2017 10:33am ET
An aerial view of the site where two massive wooden palisades once stood of the landscape. Arcaheological excavations have revealed that around 3300 B.C., anicent people built huge wooden enclosures, then burnt them down to the ground, near what is now Avebury, England.
Credit: Historic England
A massive, wooden, eyeglass-shaped monument in Avebury, England, that was set alight in ancient ceremonies may be 800 years older than it was thought to be, new research suggests.
The monument, which consists of two huge, circular enclosures — each outlined by tall, wooden posts — is about 5,300 years old, meaning the structure predates the first stones erected at nearby Stonehenge by about 800 years, the study found.
https://www.livescience.com/59411-avebury-circle-older-than-thought.html
