Where the demons dwell
A super-henge is found next door to Stonehenge
THOUSANDS gather on Salisbury Plain to celebrate the solstice at Stonehenge every summer, when the prehistoric standing stones align with the rising sun as they have done for over 4,500 years. Yet for ancient British revellers this most famous “henge”—a circular basin surrounded by a ditch and bank on its circumference—may well have played second fiddle to a supersized cousin next door.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Where the demons dwell”
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