An ancient monument in Dorset was revealed as Britain's oldest known large circular enclosure, redated to approximately 3200 BCE following radiocarbon analysis. located near Dorchester, was the ...

If, when you think “England’s earliest cremation cemetery,” you immediately blurt out “Stonehenge,” well, you may have another, older think coming. Flagstones, a burial site in Dorset, on the English ...

Learn about Flagstones, a circular enclosure in southern Britain that is now dated to around 3200 B.C.E The site, which was used for ancient burials, now predates Stonehenge. Stonehenge sits near the ...

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Reconstruction of the Flagstones enclosure as seen shortly after its construction in the Middle Neolithic period. Credit: Jennie Anderson / University of Exeter A recent archaeological study conducted ...

Re-dating of Flagstones monument to about 3,200BC came after analysis by Exeter University and Historic England A prehistoric burial site in Dorset is now thought to be the earliest known large ...

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