[FOTZeiss] Fw: New henge found at Stonehenge

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--- On Mon, 1/31/11, John M. McMahon <mcmahon at LEMOYNE.EDU> wrote:

> From: John M. McMahon <mcmahon at LEMOYNE.EDU>
> Subject: General Interest: New henge found at Stonehenge
> To: HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu
> Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 6:36 PM

> PhysOrg 1/31/11:
> 
> "A new henge discovered at Stonehenge"
> 
> "An archaeology team led by the University of Birmingham
> and the
> Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection
> and Virtual
> Archaeology in Austria discovered a major ceremonial
> monument less
> than one kilometre away from the iconic Stonehenge.
> 
> History is set to be rewritten after an archaeology team
> led by the
> University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
> for
> Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology in
> Austria
> discovered a major ceremonial monument less than one
> kilometer away
> from the iconic Stonehenge.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> "The new 'henge-like' Late Neolithic monument is believed
> to be
> contemporaneous to Stonehenge and appears to be on the
> same
> orientation as the World Heritage Site monument. It
> comprises a
> segmented ditch with opposed north-east/south-west
> entrances that are
> associated with internal pits that are up to one metre in
> diameter and
> could have held a free-standing, timber structure."
> 
> More:
> 
> http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-henge-stonehenge.html
> 
> JMM / LMC
>