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The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was built about 3200 BC. The kidney shaped mound covers an area of over one acre and is surrounded by 97 kerbstones, some of which are richly decorated with megalithic art. ... Messages from the Monuments - How Neolithic Monuments Communicate About Religion and Status by Paul K. Wason.
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www.knowth.com/newgrange.htm
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However, its main feature is not, as in many villages, the pub, but rather an excellent example of a Neolithic stone monument. Strangely it is less well-known than similar sites, despite the fact that it is the largest stone circle in Europe and is about 4,500 years old - 14 times larger and 500 years older than Stonehenge.
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www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1150381
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The cup-marks and the natural feature on which they were pecked can be considered one of the most important late Neolithic/EBA features, within the monument catchment area of Bryn Celli Ddu...
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www.archaeology-safaris.co.uk/project-arap.html
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Stonehenge, stone circles, dolmens, ancient standing stones, cairns, barrows, hillforts and archaeology of megalithic Europe. ... Over the last 19 years we have personally visited and photographed all 529 archæological sites you will find in these pages (117 in the six national sections and 412 in our Tours section),
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The low-lying Vale of Mowbray, which lies between the central Pennines and the Hambleton Hills, is the location for a remarkable concentration of Neolithic monuments. This includes no less than six large henges, which are all almost identical in their size and design, located within 10kms of each other.
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museums.ncl.ac.uk/thornborough/main.htm
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It was built during the Neolithic period, around 3100BC, making it slightly earlier than the circular bank and ditch of the first phase of Stonehenge. Although similar cursus monuments exist in England and many theories have been put forward, ... The Cursus is another mysterious monument in the Stonehenge landscape...
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www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehengeinteractivemap/si...
www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehengeinteractivemap/sites/cursus/01.html
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Stonehenge, one of the greatest mysteries left to us by the ancient world, is a Neolithic monument constructed on England's Salisbury Plain during the third millennium B.C. Though much of Stonehenge's purpose during its centuries of activity can only be guessed at, one thing is certain—it was used as a cemetery.
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ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Stonehenge
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Messages from the Monuments - How Neolithic Monuments Communicate About Religion and Status ... The European Neolithic was characterized by extensive monument building. And we often see an emphasis on ritual-religious structures. We should take this into account, for there may be something in their design and character that...
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www.knowth.com/neolithic-religion-status.htm
www.knowth.com/neolithic-religion-status.htm
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Herbert E.Roese's instructive Web site: containing information about his comprehensive survey of the Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments of Wales. Learn more about these fascinating pre-historic structures. ... The block diagrams made it possible to look at monument distribution statistically, and it emerged that there...
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web.ukonline.co.uk/heroese/
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