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SCIENCEJun 17 · 23:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDEsther Addley

Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists

Archaeologists with Wessex Archaeology have discovered a 5,000-year-old solstice-aligned monument near Wiltshire, potentially serving as a prototype for Stonehenge. The structure at Bulford, carbon-dated to 3000BC, predates the trilithon stones at Stonehenge by 500 years and aligns with summer and winter solstices.

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