Archaeologists have discovered a major new prehistoric monument just a short distance away from Stonehenge in Britain.
According to the daily Metro, some 20 or more massive prehistoric shafts – more than 10 meters wide and five meters deep – form a vast circle more than two kilometers in diameter around the Durrington Walls.
Coring of the shafts suggest the features are neolithic and excavated more than 4,500 years ago, around the time Durrington Walls was built.
It is thought the shafts served as a boundary to a sacred area or precinct associated with the henge.
The discovery comes just after the Summer Solstice, which took place online this year as the famous annual gathering was cancelled due to coronavirus.
Experts from the University of St. Andrews were joined by counterparts from institutes including Birmingham, Warwick, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Center (at the University of Glasgow).
