Find compared to Stonehenge

London - Archaeologists have discovered buried evidence of a prehistoric ceremonial site in England believed to be as important…

London - Archaeologists have discovered buried evidence of a prehistoric ceremonial site in England believed to be as important as Stonehenge.

English Heritage officials said a geophysical survey near Stanton Drew in Dorset had revealed traces of "one of the largest and most elaborate" prehistoric ceremonial sites found in Britain. The find was at least as old and of comparable significance to the Bronze Age monument in Stonehenge, they said.

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