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The “shadow” of a small wooden version of the Stonehenge monument has been found about half a mile away from the Stonehenge site (which is in the center of crop circle country). It offers the promise of much more exact dating than has been possible with Stonehenge, because unlike stone, the remains of the wood replica can be carbon dated. Organic objects found near Stonehenge have been dated, and it is assumed that the monument was raised around4,500 years ago.
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Archeologists say there was a second Stonehenge only a few miles from the first one (the area where most of the crop circles turn up every year).
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…while searching for crop circles – There are crop circles and there are crop circles. Researchers who search for new formations from airplanes have recently spotted the outlines of circles that are actually ancient monuments. They were spotted about 15 miles away from Stonehenge and are even older.

Closer inspection on the ground by archeologists has revealed that the site contains the remains of ancient wooden temples and tombs. In National Geographic News, James Owen quotes archeologist Helen Wickstead as saying that for such an important site to have remained hidden for so long is “completely amazing.” Archeologists estimate that they were built at least 6,000 years ago.
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It was a place of healing! – A new archeological dig is beginning at Stonehenge in order to establish, once and for all, the date it was built. The researchers think that the gigantic structure was created as a place of healing.

This may have been the reason for the placement of the smaller bluestones INSIDE the giant pillars. It has been discovered these were brought all the way from Wales and placed there, so they were probably thought of as having magical properties of some sort.
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