The size of the monument found five times in the range of Stonehenge
In the south-west of England found the largest Neolithic monument, consisting of a semi-circle located gigantic boulders. Their age is estimated to be 4500 years old, some of which reach 4.5 meters in height, according to BBC.
The ancient monument was discovered by archaeologists in the 3 km away from Stonehenge, at a depth of about one meter underground in Durrington Walls, where the the remains of ancient earthen Neolithic settlement.
A group of archaeologists involved in the international project “The Invisible Landscape Stonehenge» (Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes) for five years working on the creation of the underground digital cartography of this unique location in Wiltshire, near the Stonehenge.
Using remote sensing, scanners and radar without carrying out excavations, scientists discovered 100 arranged in a circle of megaliths, which, in their opinion, could be part of the ritual buildings surrounded by parched mouths, leading through dry land to the River Avon.
Despite the fact that no one megalithic were raised to the surface, archaeologists suggest that they were formed from local sandstone, as found earlier detached boulder “Kukushkin stone» (Cuckoo Stone).
It is believed archeologists found underground boulders were overturned in the south-eastern slope of the circular path, and then installed in a certain order
Scientists have dubbed the archaeological site “Superhendzhem” unique and spectacular scale as the size of it is five times higher than at Stonehenge complex.
«We think that nowhere in the world there is nothing like it. This is something completely new, and completely unbelievable proportions “- said project leader Vince Gaffney of the University of Bradford.
« The presence of these stones surrounding the place of Europe’s largest Neolithic settlement, adding a whole new chapter to the history of Stonehenge ” – believes archaeologist Nick Sneshell.
The contour of the earthworks at Durrington Walls was built about a century later, after the installation of stone structures of Stonehenge, but found lumps, according to scientists, can be constructed at the same time or even earlier .
The head of the local history museum in Amsberi Andy Rhind-Tutt has already announced “startling discovery».
Together with scientists from the University of Buckingham Rhind-Tutt engaged in the research is in the same area of another archaeological site – Blick Mead, which is believed to be more than 6 thousand. years.
Now, researchers are concerned that these unique ancient monuments can be damaged by the planned construction of an underground road tunnel near Stonehenge.
On detection of “Superhendzha” was announced on the first day of the British Science Festival, which conducts the University of Bradford.
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