Danish archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old circle of wooden posts that they say can be linked to the world-famous Stonehenge in Great Britain.
The 45 wooden pieces of the Neolithic era, in a circle with a diameter of approximately 30 meters (100 feet), were found during work in a residential area in the north -western city of Aars. The piles are about two meters apart.
The circle “points to a strong bond with the British Henge world,” she added.
The two circles of stones in Stonehenge in South England are assumed between 3100 BC. And 1600 BC to have been built.
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The Danish archaeologists are now trying to find whether there is an inner circle on the Aars site.
Wahlin said that some wooden circles, considered part of the sun worship, were found on the Danish island of Bornholm.
She added that the circle was in ass “the first of this larger type that we can investigate”.
Archaeologists found an early Bronze Age for the first time (1700-1500 BC) settlement on the construction site with a chieftains grave and a bronze sword, Wahlin said.
“When I and my colleague opened a new part of the excavation, the expected house and what fence soon turned out to be the entrance of a very well -planned, somewhat oval structure,” she added.
The wooden circle is estimated on the date of approximately 2000 BC, but Wahlin said that the team had started detailed work on Monday to definitively identify its age and position.
The archaeologists are now looking for “ritual deposits” such as Flint Arrowheads and daygers as part of an important sample exercise on the site.
Wahlin said the following searches would try to find whether there were connections between the region and other peoples, such as those who built Stonehenge. She said that the influence of other regions could be seen in the pottery and the graves that had been found.
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