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Article: UNEARTHED; MYSTERY: Did a barrier hide Stonehenge from the Neolithic lower classes?
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2008
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Byline: Alun Rees
TOURISTS who complain about the fence put up around Stonehenge in the Seventies should spare a thought for their Neolithic ancestors...they couldn't even see the site because of a huge wooden barrier.
Archaeologists have found traces of the 20ft-high timber fence that snaked almost two miles across Salisbury Plain and hid sacred ceremonies from unworthy locals more than 5,000 years ago.
Now trenches have been dug along the line researchers believe the palisade took as it stretched from the east of the ancient stone circle, past the Heel Stone, to the west before heading south.
And experts believe that the time and energy taken to construct ...
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Article: Stonehenge is French imposter
The Independent - London;
March 1, 1997 ;
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...Stonehenge - the pre-eminent symbol of Britain's ancient heritage...British and French prehistoric monuments has revealed that Stonehenge has little in common with other British Neolithic structures...features with monuments on the other side of the Channel. Stonehenge's horseshoe design is very rare in ...
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