Excavation of woodholes Woodhenge is equally mysterious Stonehenge

Researchers from the Ludwig Boltzmann Research Institute at Birmingham University He discovered a wooden yard that formed a mysterious circle similar to Stonehenge could be built in 2300 before the Neolithic period. buried underground.

This site is named Woodhenge . Currently, this site only has 90 wooden pillars 4.5m high. The diameter of the circle is 1.5km long, the earthwork surrounding the area stretches 489m.

The burial of Woodhenge remains only with traces of dark circles in the image taken from above.

Dark spots are hollow cavities created by vertical blocks of wood.(Photos taken with radar.)

Location of Durrington, Stonehenge and Woodhenge walls on the map.

Archaeologists still do not know what wooden columns are arranged in circles. They only found a 3-year-old on the plug of an ax in the middle of the site. Maybe, the baby is a sacrifice .

Archaeologist Dr. Nicola Snashall of the National Trust said that Woodhenge was built on pits. When pulling up the wooden pillar, the chalk remains lumpy in the hole. " We think radar data recorded 200 or more wooden columns that are located in the ground."

Photos and diagrams of 3 places.

There is a theory that Woodhenge is the settlement of Stonehenge's stone masons located 3 km away. But this theory was quickly rejected by Stonehenge which was built 4,500 years ago. That means these wooden columns were erected before it could be the builder's house Stonehenge.

Wooden columns lined up.

So far, the purpose of building Woodhenge and why wooden pillars are extracted is still a mystery. There are also opinions that this may be a medieval church or a house with a roof used for many purposes.

The Woodhenge construction structure can mean the religious development of mankind and how the community is organized and related to Stonehenge.

Stonehenge is a new Stone Age monumental monument and Bronze Age near Amesbury in England.Stonehenge is made up of a complex of buildings with 82 small monuments, 30 stone blocks, each weighing about 25 tons and 5 large stones with a weight of up to 50 tons.