"...a series of deep pits were discovered near the world heritage site of Stonehenge last year... Now scientific tests have proved that those gaping pits, each aligned to form a circle spanning 1.2 miles (2km) in diameter, were definitely human-made,
dug into the sacred landscape almost 4,500 years ago."
This is a pronouncement. A statement of fact.
Is the Guardian saying something about their religious convictions?