Radar reveals giant line of standing stones a mile from Stonehenge

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For centuries, Stonehenge has mystified and enraptured archaeologists and visitors.

So maybe it is not surprising that another monumental wonder from prehistory has been overlooked for so long – even though it is just a mile away.

Experts have discovered an 'extraordinary' line of giant stones that dates back more than 4,500 years.

The area around Stonehenge is littered with prehistoric sights but the 90 or more stones, lying 3ft underground, have only just been discovered by sophisticated radar equipment towed by quadbikes.

The buried monoliths are each up to 15ft tall. Instead of being arranged in a circle as they are at Stonehenge, it is thought they once formed a long standing line.

Read more: 'Stonehenge II' found just one mile from famous Wiltshire site | Daily Mail Online
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nt ringed by a ditch and bank that, at a third of a mile across, is the largest earthwork of its kind in the UK.

The stones have only recently been discovered by sophisticated radar technology which detected them underground (above)

OMG You're such a faker, that data was when the Russian bombers did a side scan a few months back. They not give you the rest of the data? Paid for by the Queen herself as hers is the only check that won't bounce higher than the bombers were.

 

[AnnaG]

Yeah. Lots of stuff is still buried under the ground all over the planet.