The Lost Solstice Monument That Predates Stonehenge By 500 Years
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Phil Harding discusses the discovery of a prototype Stonehenge that predates the original by 500 years.
Episode 378 A prototype Stonehenge has been discovered - an even older structure that may have been a first attempt at building the famous megalithic calendar. A team led by archaeologist Phil Harding, best-known for the TV series ‘Time Team’, discovered a range of artefacts at a site near Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. Excavations at Bulford uncovered pottery, animal bones, flints - and something even more telling. Signs of a structure of wooden poles were found, that line up directly with the summer solstice sun. Phil Harding joins Rowan Hooper and Penny Sarchet to discuss what he found and why it made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. To read more about these stories, visit https://www.newscientist.com/ Image Credits: Wessex Archaeology - www.wessexarch.co.uk Marijane Porter Dr Fabio Silva garethwiscombe, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Andrew Dunn, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Rowan Hooper, Penny Sarchet
Guest: Phil Harding
Topics covered
- archaeology
- Stonehenge
- ancient structures
- summer solstice
- historical artifacts
Keywords
- Stonehenge
- archaeology
- Bulford
- summer solstice
- ancient monument
- Phil Harding
- Time Team
- artefacts
- Wiltshire
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New Scientist
Books & works: Time Team
Places: Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
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