Stonehenge Begins to Yield Its Secrets

[ailsagirl]

AMESBURY, England — About 6,300 years ago, a tree here toppled over.

For the ancients in this part of southern England, it created a prime real estate opportunity — next to a spring and near attractive hunting grounds.

According to David Jacques, an archaeologist at the University of Buckingham, mud was pressed into the pulled-up roots, turning them into a wall. Nearby, a post was inserted into a hole, and that may have held up a roof of reeds or animal skin.

It was, he said, a house, one of the earliest in England.

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[lapucelle]

1. This is not a good read,

it's a GREAT read. Thanks for sharing!

[ailsagirl]

3. You're most welcome

Stonehenge has always fascinated me (and millions of others, I'm sure!)

[DirkGently]

2. So much there just beginning to be unearthed. n/t