Wiltshire
Coverage of Wiltshire in the Nexus archive.
- Man in his 30s is shot dead at traveller site in Wiltshire: Man in his 70s and woman in her 40s are arrested over 'murder'
A man in his 30s was shot dead at a traveler site in Wiltshire. A man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s were arrested in connection with the murder.
- Man and woman arrested after fatal shooting at Traveller site
A man and a woman were arrested after a fatal shooting occurred at a Traveller site in Calcutt near Cricklade, Wiltshire.
- Fight to save rare ecosystem of chalk streams
The article highlights efforts to protect the rare ecosystem of chalk streams at Langford Lakes nature reserve in Wiltshire, focusing on the River Wylye chalk stream.
- Driver arrested on suspicion of murder after fatal head-on collision
A driver was arrested on suspicion of murder following a fatal head-on collision on the B4696 in Wiltshire. The incident resulted in at least one death.
- Stonehenge breakthrough reveals surprising path behind ancient stone’s 450-mile trek
Researchers from Curtin University traced the 450-mile journey of Stonehenge's Altar Stone, revealing it was carried partway by glaciers during the Ice Age and then transported by prehistoric humans from northeast Scotland to Wiltshire. The study combined geological analysis and ice-sheet modeling to show glaciers moved the stone as far as Dogger Bank in the North Sea, with humans completing the 250-mile leg to the monument's site.
- 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.