While Stonehenge is viewable only from a distance, Britain is dotted with roughly 800 lesser-known stone circles. A favorite ...

Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy wilds of Dartmoor, offering a clearer picture of life 5,000 years ago. Found high in southwest England’s moors, these weathered stones hint at a ...

DEVON, ENGLAND—According to a Live Science report, two stone circles estimated to be 5,000 years old have been discovered in southwestern England’s Dartmoor uplands. Alan Endacott, a doctoral student ...

The ancient monument was built between 5,000 and 3,500 years ago to align with the movement of the sun on the solstices.

A prehistoric Stone circle in England may have been erected some 700 years before the origin of the iconic Stonehenge monument, an archaeologist has proposed. The Castlerigg stone circle, located in ...

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 ...

Ring-shaped henges dot the English countryside—and have stumped archaeologists for years. What were they used for? Did they serve as religious sites or have some more mundane purpose? Now, the ...

Recently discovered stone tools and circular structures on the Isle of Skye suggest humans from the Old Stone Age traveled all the way to the frigid northwest edge of Scotland. This boundary-pushing ...