Popular legend has it that these were once young women, turned into stone as punishment for dancing ... but the entrance faces the rising of the winter solstice sun just after the shortest day ...

Not to be recommended in the depth of winter though ... and the unique stone circle dates from the late Neolithic period around 2500 BC. Each year thousands of people still gather at the monument to ...

For a while now, a standing stone tucked away in a Berkshire woodland was believed to be a lone monument. New findings, however, have revealed the artifact to be but one piece of an immense ...

which are home to more than 100,000 archaeological sites and monuments. Now, land managers can add the newly discovered stone circle to that list.

New radiocarbon dating and human remains, red deer antlers, and charcoal found in the area puts this ancient stone circle near Dorchester at 3,200 BCE–roughly 300 years older than Stonehenge.

Archaeologists from Time Team, working alongside Forestry England, found a 3,700-year-old stone circle on Farley Moor in Derbyshire. Previously thought to be a solitary marker, the two-meter-high ...

including an ancient stone circle with a ceremonial platform dating back to the early Bronze Age. Local archaeology enthusiast George Bird had for some time suggested the stone might be part of a ...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, falls on Friday, June 20, 2025, while the winter solstice, the shortest day, occurs on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Ready for winter to be over?

Archaeologists have discovered that what was thought to be a single standing stone in a forest is part of a larger ceremonial ...

The monument once featured more than 80 posts, which formed a circle measuring nearly 100 feet across. Its prehistoric builders may have used it as a ritual site ...

Angie Stone died on Friday in a car crash in Alabama. She has two children - daughter named Diamond and son Michael D’Angelo. Singer Angie Stone died on Friday in a car crash in Montgomery ...

But scientists now believe that the famous Wiltshire stone circle has a secret 'sister' that could be even older. Archaeologists have re-dated the Flagstones monument in Dorset back to 3200 BC ...