These megaliths saw centuries of use. Some were deliberately cast down during the Iron Age, while later medieval platforms were built around others. Pottery and obsidian fragments found nearby, plus offerings, suggest people kept visiting these sites long after the original carvings were made 🏺✨
Stones used continuously from creation through medieval times with later modifications
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Key facts
- Evidence suggests stones were in use from original placement through medieval times
- Some stones were deliberately cast down, with casting dated to Iron Age
- Platforms built around some stones appear to be later additions
- Pottery and obsidian fragments found in association with stones
- People visited site for centuries leaving offerings and building structures around stones
Sources
The origin of megaliths - Bradshaw Foundationbradshawfoundation.com
Stonehenge is thought to have been erected around 2400 B.C.E., but other megaliths in the British Isles go back to about 4000 B.C.E. The abrupt ...
The Great Iron Age Hill Fort Hoax - Prehistoric Britainprehistoric-britain.co.uk
Scholars of archaeology undertook the arduous task of categorising hillforts, drawing upon the limited evidence at their disposal.
Europe's Lost Civilization: The Society of the Megalith Buildersblog.pmpress.org
It is part of my hypothesis that the megaliths were built by the sea or rivers, including Stonehenge, since water was the principaI means of ...
Megalith - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.
Iron Age Megaliths of the Deccan Plateau - Brewminatebrewminate.com
They were produced across the Deccan Plateau during the Iron Age (late second–early first millennium B.C.E.). A range of monuments are seen ...
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