One or more entrances lead to the centre of the henge. They date to the later part of the Neolithic. Most henges do not contain standing stones, although many contained circular arrangements of pits ...

New research reveals that Flagstones in Dorset dates back to 3,200 BC, offering new insight into the origins of monumental ...

Stand at “the Ness” today and several iconic Stone Age structures are within easy view, forming the core of a World Heritage site called the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. On a heather-clad knoll ...

These early pottery Neolithic sites are very rare after ... The team also discovered several stones with holes carved through them, likely used for weighing down fishing nets, and other kinds ...

Introducing an innovative method for studying perforated objects, based on digital 3D models of the stones and their negative holes, the authors describe more than a hundred of the mostly ...

Neolithic people on the islands built their ... But today all that remains are the holes in the stone which held the bar. Once your guest had arrived and the door was closed, you could offer ...

Now, those managing the Calanais Standing Stones are looking for staff to play a “pivotal role” in the next chapter at the Neolithic wonder on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

VILLUPURAM: Postgraduate students from the History Department of Arignar Anna Government Arts College, Villupuram, have discovered Neolithic stone tools estimated to be around 5,000 years old and ...