'Blue Stonehenge' - discovery from British archaeologists

Archaeologists have just released an artist's impression of what a second stone circle built 1 mile from Stonehenge will look like.

The painting shows the subtle discovery of Blue Stonehenge of the study group from Manchester, Sheffield and Bristol University on the west bank of the Avon River last month.

Professor Julian Thomas, from the University of Manchester and co-director of the Stonehenge construction project on the river bank, is a stone ring, taken from Mount Welsh Preseli at a distance of 150 miles from 5,000 years ago.

However, he said the blocks were moved and left under 9 unexplored pits. The team believed it was part of the 25 existing rock circles.

The new stone circle is 10 meters long and is surrounded by a circle - it is a canal with an enlarged riverbank.

Steeped rocks mark the end of the boulevard that leads from the Avon River to Stonehenge, a 1¾-mile (2.8km) trail built at the end of the Stone Age - or the Neolithic period.

The outer circle around the rocks was built around 2400 BC, however the arrows on the top of the stone circles indicate that the stones were erected at least 500 years ago.

When the recently discovered stone circle was moved by Neolithic tribes, they may have brought it to Stonehenge, combined with the main parts rebuilt around 2500 BC.

Archaeologists know that after this period, Stonehenge included about 80 Welsh blocks and 83 sandstone blocks. Some of the blue rocks that were once built on the riverbank are probably in the center of Stonehenge.

The artist's description of the 'Blue Stonehenge' wonder (Photo: Peter Dunn)

This discovery may further confirm the hypothesis set out in the Stonehenge construction project On the River Bank that the Avon River connects 'living land' - with landmarks from wooden circles and houses upstream at Durrington Walls village from Stone Age (discovered in the 2005 project) - along with the 'land of the dead' there are landmarks from Stonehenge and the new stone circle.

The team hopes to calculate the specific date based on carbon radioactivity in this region.

The days will reveal whether the circle was built when 56 other Welsh blue blocks were removed at Stonehenge itself - in the decades after 3000 BC.

Professor Mike Parker Pearson of the University of Sheffield said the project manager said: 'The green stone ring is the place where the dead start their last administrative journey to Stonehenge.'

'Not many people know Stonehenge is the biggest ghost park in England at the time. It is possible that the blue stone circle is where everyone was baptized before their ashes were buried at Stonehenge. '

University of Manchester professor Julian Thomas, co-director of the project, said 'the profound implications of this discovery are really big. The evidence is very convincing that the Avon River is the religious spiritual center of those who built Stonehenge. '

'The previous hypothesis about Stonehenge has been no explanation of the importance of the river to be reconsidered.'

He also added: 'There is no evidence that the stone circle has a very special direction or even an entrance. The soil used to fill the holes when the stones were moved was filled with coal, indicating that a lot of wood was burned here. "

'However, this is not the place where people live: pottery, animal bones, food residues and flint stones are used in life when the Stone Age has not yet appeared.'

Dr. Josh Pollard of Bristol University, co-director explained: 'This is an unexpected finding.'

'The recently discovered circle should be considered as an integral part of Stonehenge rather than a separate monument, and it also provides a deeper understanding of the history of its neighboring text.'

'The position of this wonder once again demonstrates the importance of the Avon River during the funeral funerals.'

The Stonehenge project by the river is carried out by the university's research team, and is led by Church Professor Mike Parker Pearson - Sheffield University and co-director Dr. Josh Pollard (Bristol University), professor. Julian Thomas (University of Manchester). Excavation in 2009 was funded by the National Geographic Board, Google, London's Archaeological Board, and Northern Archeology Department.

The project is funded by the Research Council for Art and People and the Royal Archaeological Institute.

Most of the stone circles are still preserved for further research and the recent excavation has just been completed.