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Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
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- Alison Francis,Senior Science Journalistand Rebecca Morelle,Science Editor English Heritage.
- The site has been dated to about 5,000 years old, which predates Stonehenge by 500 years.
- Artefacts were also found at the site, including pottery, flint tools and animal bone, suggesting prehistoric people held gatherings there.
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Alison Francis,Senior Science Journalistand Rebecca Morelle,Science Editor English Heritage. The huge stones at Stonehenge mark the movements of the Sun Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier, much simpler version of Stonehenge about 3 miles (5km) away from the prehistoric monument.
All that remains of the older structure is two holes in the ground, but the team says they held wooden posts that lined up with the Sun on the summer and winter solstices - the longest and shortest days of the year - in the same way as Stonehenge.
The site has been dated to about 5,000 years old, which predates Stonehenge by 500 years.
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