"Henge" Discovery....Stone...Wood... Link to Prehistoric Ohio

Stonehenge: henge= the Circular ceremonial monument of Stones  located in Salisbury Plain, UK:
...well-known;
...source for Novels, Movies, & Songs;
...documented--built 2500 BC

Honored
Valued
Revered
Feared

Stonehenge is one of the World Heritage Sites that have been elevated to a 'Mysterious-Mystic' position.
It has been featured in film during the hours of day & night.
It has been filmed during the "Solstice Sun Rising".
It has been claimed by various religions-groups as a protected-site.
It has been equated with mysterious interactions with humanity.

And , NOW, it has been 'twinned' to a near-by [1/2 mile distant] with a Wood-henge.
What makes this fascinating is that the area being 'mapped' has been considered an empty field around the stone-henge.

The University of Birmingham & Ludwig Boltzman Institute in Austria have embarked upon a three-year project to  investigate, explore, & categorize the surrounding area in the Salisbury Plain to see IF evidence of dwellings or structures existed.
Two weeks into the project, using ground-penetrating radar, they discovered an underground [wooden posts disintegrated] site that:
...is ceremonial in design
...is made up of 22 post holes
...is built on the same orientation  as the Stone [henge] site
...is seen to have both NE and SW entrances.
...is a major site found in the last 50 + years.
...is seen to have had a burial barrow in the center--excavated in early 1900's

A professor from the University--Vince Gaffney--is attributed to have stated that:
...' haven't found a major ceremonial site of this type, or..significance, for probably 50-years or more within the
   area of Stone henge.
...' the presumption that..just an empty field, ...now we get a major ceremonial monument looking at Stonehenge. '

[ Information gleaned from: www.foxnews.com/stonehenge/ 

This is a massive finding within and outside of the Archaeological Field.

If you go on the site above, be certain to locate & click on the link therein that will take you to another such site.
this wooden site-nicknamed- Woodhenge--is actually  the Moorehead Circle NE of Cincinnati.
The site is fascinating in the similarity of design & possible utilization.
Check it out for yourself, or those of you from Ohio here in the Rain--fill us in from the 'side-lines' so-to-speak.

And, who said that it is a waste of time to 'dig in the sand'   
        
 

Have a great Weekend, and
if you are of the mind to so do,
Learn to DIG