Archaeologists Begin Dig on Buried Stone Circle TEN Times Bigger than Stonehenge

DailyMail.co.uk ^ | 6/30/2010 | Daily Mail Reporter

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Archaeologists have begun a major dig to unearth the hidden mysteries of a buried ancient stone circle site that is ten times bigger than Stonehenge.

The enormous 4,000 year old Marden Henge, in Wiltshire, is Britain's largest prehistoric structure stretching for 10.5 hectares, the equivalent of 10 football pitches.

English Heritage is carrying out a six-week dig hoping to reveal the secrets behind the giant henge which has baffled historians for centuries.

[PGalt]

Very interesting. Thanks for the post; link. Another ping to ‘Civ.

[mad_as_he$$]

Maybe but most think it is the home of the Stargate.

[4buttons]

Joking aside, this is an interesting topic and thanks for posting it- this sort of thing fascinates me.

[seowulf]

Size varies but roughly, 110 yd long by 70 yds wide.

Careful! You can't use yards anymore; the EU will be very angry with you.

[rawcatslyentist]

Kinda looks like a very large rock foundation supports, for an ancient alien landing pad/base of operations.

Druids schmuids...... just ignorant worshipers not unlike the SE Pacific island WWII airplane religions.

[xp38]

Our stone circle goes to 11

[Humble Servant]

A “football pitch” is a soccer field.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SparkyBass]

But it’s only 18” high
(Spinal Tap reference here :) )

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Technical papers must have a real hoot back then.

[gitmo]

the equivalent of 10 football pitches.

The distance from the football pitcher to the football batter.

[Bellflower]

A friend has a rock that is sort of more circular but sort of coned shaped on one side and on the other third or so it is rounded. On the interior of the rock it is a grayish granite type looking stone but a collar of more pinkish granite goes all the way around it dividing the one side from the other. The pinkish granite is about 3/4 to an inch thick and about three inches across. The grayish interior rock is probably about a foot or so across. It looks weathered because if you look carefully at it it seems a little pitted though the inner stone is smooth and the way the outer collar melts into the inner stone slightly even though it was probably carved very distinctly suggests that it has been around for a long time. Why would anyone long ago carve a stone to have a collar around it? It is interesting because whoever carved it obviously knew that the rock consisted of an outer crust of one kind of material and an inner core of another kind of material and therefore could carve the collar around the stone leaving a pinkish less smooth collar on a grayish very smooth stone. The rock is from south, central Wisconsin. Do any of you have any idea what this stone may mean or what it may have been used as? I think it is quite a mystery and am really curious as to it's origin and purpose. If any of you have any idea of what the stone means I would very much appreciate it is you could give me your ideas.

[CholeraJoe]

A soccer field is called a pitch. 115 yards by 74 yards.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Thank you!

[colorado tanker]

Very interesting . . . .

[SunkenCiv]

Nope. Picture?

[gleeaikin]

Pictures, we need pictures!

[gleeaikin]

Here are some thoughts and questions. Stated that this site is from 4000 to 4400 years old, could it’s demise have coincided/been influenced by the same disaster phenomena that caused the First Intermediate Period disaster in Egypt (as described in the Ipuwer papyrus)? I recall you posted something about a mile or two diameter meteor crater found in Iraq with the draining of the marshes that is also about 4,000 years old, possible cause? Certainly, a significant climate event might have reduced the population available to produce such a grand design and set them to work on a smaller project - Stonehenge.

A different thought. Some suggest that the alignment of the three great pyramids is similar to the 3 stars in Orion’s belt. What is the alignment of Stonehenge, Avebury and this site?