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Thursday 5 January 2012

MysteriesTemple on Orkney predates Stonehenge

A temple found on Orkney off the northern coast of Scotland may predate Stonehenge by 500 years.


While only 10% of the site has been excavated archaeologists believe that the new discovery pre-dates Stonehenge and will redefine what is known about the Neolithic period in Britain. An outer wall is all that's been revealed so far but modern instruments have allowed archaeologists to estimate that the wall itself was probably once 10 feet high while the complex as a whole might have been the equivalent of five football pitches in size.

Archeologists have so far found undisturbed artefacts including wall decorations, pigments and paint pots, which are already increasing their understanding of the Neolithic people.

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