Secrets of the Dead

The First Circle of Stonehenge

A decade-long archaeological quest reveals that the oldest stones of Stonehenge originally belonged to a much earlier sacred site — a stone circle built on a rugged, remote hillside in west Wales.

The First Circle of Stonehenge

55m 30s

A decade-long archaeological quest reveals that the oldest stones of Stonehenge originally belonged to a much earlier sacred site — a stone circle built on a rugged, remote hillside in west Wales.

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    Preview | The First Circle of Stonehenge

    S19 E3 - 32s

    A decade-long archaeological quest reveals that the oldest stones of Stonehenge originally belonged to a much earlier sacred site — a stone circle built on a rugged, remote hillside in west Wales.

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    Modern Geotechnology 'Fingerprints' Stonehenge's Bluestones

    S19 E3 - 2m 28s

    Archaeologists, led by Professor Mike Parker Pearson (University College London), use the latest tools of geotechnology in their painstaking search for the evidence that reveals the Stonehenge Bluestones originally came from a specific location in West Wales' remote Preseli Hills.

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