Archaeologists Find Solstice Site at Bulford Predating Stonehenge by 500 Years
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Richard Whiddington
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Archaeologists have discovered that ancient peoples gathered at Bulford, just three miles east of Stonehenge, to celebrate the solstice 500 years before Stonehenge's famous megaliths were arranged. The site, which appears as an unremarkable hillside today, originally featured wooden posts aligned with the midwinter and midsummer sun, predating Stonehenge's solstice alignment by half a millennium. This finding reshapes understanding of prehistoric solstice traditions in the region.
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· 3 pulledFive hundred years before Stonehenge's megalith were dragged cross-country and arranged to align with the midwinter and midsummer sun, ancient peoples gathered at nearby Bulford to watch the sun rise and set between two wooden posts.
For many of these modern-day pilgrims, it's a communion with a 4,500-year-old ritual. Few, however, know that a mere three miles to the east there's an unremarkable hillside with an even older solstice tradition.
Ancient peoples were celebrating the solstice at Bulford 500 years before the stones were arranged at Stonehenge, researchers say.
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