It's a lotlowerthanitwouldhavebeenoriginallybecausethislandusedtobeplowedandsoit's flatteneditslightlybutit's anearthworksimilartotheonethatyourspotaroundthestonesatStonehenge.
Andthenatthecenterofthemonumentisthiscarewhichmarkstheburialsiteof a threeyearoldchild.
Itmeansthatwedon't knowexactlywhenthechilddiedorwhybutit's possiblethatthiswas a humansacrificeorsomeotherkindofspecialburialthatgavethissiteevenmoresignificant.
Here's a reallycooldetailwhentheremainsoftheseanimalmeatfeastswerethrownintotheground, therewasstillplentyofmeatattachedtothebones, whichindicatesthattheycouldaffordtothrowmeataway.
Whocameherewiththeiranimalsandwhogottohave a bigoldbarbecueinDarringtonwallsIt's anyone's guess.
BothwoodhengeandDarringtonarealignedtothesunrise.
Woodhengeisn't actually a perfectcircle, it's a slightovalwiththeaxisalignedeastwestandDurrington, archaeologistsdiscoveredanavenuethatisperfectlyalignedformidwintersunrise.
Soas I saiditwasprobablybuiltinaround 3000 BCandatthattimewejusthavetheearthworkenclosureandthensomepitsjustinsidethebankwhichwecallAubreyholesnowandthosepitsmighthaveheldstonesorpostswerenotquitesurebuttheywerealsousedfortheplacewherepeopleputcremateddead.
Sothere's a kindof 500 yearhistoryofStonehengewhichisbasicallyplayingoutbeforetheyputthestonesupinthemiddleofthecircle.
Soweknowthatforexamplewhenthestonesgotputupfirsttheywerein a differentformation a coupleof 100 yearsafterwardstheymovedsomeofthesmallerstones, thebluestonesaround.
SothisisoneofthemarkersthatwereputinplacetoshowwheretheAubreyholeswereandtheAubreyholesofthisearlystageofthemonument, a bigpitwithhumancrematedremainsinit.
Andwhentheydidthattheyfound a bitof a crackthroughthisbigonehere.
Andsotheypinnedittogetherwithmetalrodsandwhentheypinnedittogethertheytookout a columnofthestone, a stonerodineffect.
Andrecently, onlyinthelastyearwe'vebeenabletogeologicallyanalyzethatandmatchittosomenaturalsarsinsandwe'vebeenabletopinpointwherethesearsonstonescomefromonthemarlboroughdowns a sitecalledwestwards.