Many stone circles were also aligned to mark the winter or summer solstice. The Grange Stone Circle near Lough Gur in County Limerick drew a large crowd this past June 21 at sunrise as scientists ...

Every 21st December, deep inside this megalithic marvel, one of the world’s oldest and most spectacular light shows takes place. This place is Newgrange. Six centuries older than the oldest pyramid in ...

What's On Events Ancient stone circle to mark Summer Solstice - and it's bigger than Stonehenge The lesser-know neolithic stone circle is much bigger than Stonehenge ...

Not all henges contain a stone circle, and there is only one other in Cornwall – Stripple Stones on the slopes of Hawk’s Tor on Bodmin Moor.

More than £40,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund has been given to Cornwall Heritage Trust to excavate the hidden stone circle of Castilly Henge just off the A30 near Bodmin, later this ...

The Stones of Stenness in Orkney date back 5000 years and stand alongside other locations in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, including Skara Brae and The Ring of Brodgar. At the ...

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The unique stone circle was erected in the late Neolithic period about 2,500 B.C.

Some of the so-called bluestones are known to have come from the Preseli Hills in southwest Wales, nearly 150 miles (240 kilometers) away, and the altar stone was recently discovered to have come ...

The exact purpose of these ancient stone sites remains a mystery to historians. Stonehenge, Avebury and their surroundings have been designated as a World Heritage Site.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone don’t find anything funny about the planned acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance Media. “In ...