%0 Journal Article %1 pearson2021original %A Pearson, Mike Parker %A Pollard, Josh %A Richards, Colin %A Welham, Kate %A Kinnaird, Tim C %A Shaw, Dave %A Simmons, Ellen %A Stanford, Adam %A Bevins, Richard %A Ixer, Rob %A Ruggles, Clive %A Rylatt, Jim %A Edinborough, Kevan %D 2021 %J Antiquity %K manuscript myown %N 379 %P 85-103 %T The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales %V 95 %X The discovery of a dismantled stone circle - close to Stonehenge’s bluestone quarries in west Wales - raises the possibility that a 900-year-old legend about Stonehenge being built from an earlier stone circle contains a grain of truth. Radiocarbon and OSL dating of Waun Mawn indicate construction c. 3000 BC, shortly before the initial construction of Stonehenge. The identical diameters of Waun Mawn and the enclosing ditch of Stonehenge, and their orientations on the midsummer solstice sunrise, suggest that at least part of theWaun Mawn circle was brought from west Wales to Salisbury Plain. This interpretation complements recent isotope work that supports a hypothesis of migration of both people and animals from Wales to Stonehenge.

@article{pearson2021original, abstract = {The discovery of a dismantled stone circle - close to Stonehenge’s bluestone quarries in west Wales - raises the possibility that a 900-year-old legend about Stonehenge being built from an earlier stone circle contains a grain of truth. Radiocarbon and OSL dating of Waun Mawn indicate construction c. 3000 BC, shortly before the initial construction of Stonehenge. The identical diameters of Waun Mawn and the enclosing ditch of Stonehenge, and their orientations on the midsummer solstice sunrise, suggest that at least part of theWaun Mawn circle was brought from west Wales to Salisbury Plain. This interpretation complements recent isotope work that supports a hypothesis of migration of both people and animals from Wales to Stonehenge.}, added-at = {2021-02-12T10:51:57.000+0100}, author = {Pearson, Mike Parker and Pollard, Josh and Richards, Colin and Welham, Kate and Kinnaird, Tim C and Shaw, Dave and Simmons, Ellen and Stanford, Adam and Bevins, Richard and Ixer, Rob and Ruggles, Clive and Rylatt, Jim and Edinborough, Kevan}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2189ad91cb0ff5d67868ccf4230e10314/timkinnaird}, interhash = {726592783eb9b0d24ddba094458309b7}, intrahash = {189ad91cb0ff5d67868ccf4230e10314}, journal = {Antiquity}, keywords = {manuscript myown}, month = {February}, number = 379, pages = {85-103}, timestamp = {2021-02-12T10:51:57.000+0100}, title = {The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales}, volume = 95, year = 2021 }