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have been uncovered during excavation work around
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It is thought that it was a ceremonial route from an area of life at
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The stone circle settings were surrounded by a henge, comprising an 82-foot-wide (25 m) ditch and outer bank which appears to date from approximately 2400 BC. Unlike
Stonehenge, this monument does not appear to have any significant solar or lunar orientations.
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tools found at the site has provided only an approximate date of 2469 to 2286 BC for the dismantling of the stones. Tests on an antler pick found at the bottom of a stonehole have so far failed, due to inadequate collagen in the sample.
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being found that are in a style commonly used during that period. It is estimated that there may have been as many as 27 stones in a circle 33 feet (10 m) in diameter.
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