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Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old 'proto-Stonehenge' just a few miles from the famous monument
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The structure consisted of two wooden posts that aligned precisely with the summer sunrise and winter sunset, suggesting ancient Britons were already tracking the Sun before the creation of Stonehenge.
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