Did Stonehenge Come From Wales?

Stonehenge was originally a mass tomb in Wales before it was moved to Wiltshire, an archaeologist has claimed.

17:01 13 June 2016

Stonehenge originated in the Preseli mountains in West Wales before it was transported to Wiltshire, archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson from the University of London (UCL) has claimed.

 

Archaeology teams from UCL and the University of Leicester have found quarries in West Wales that produced dolerite bluestones and the rhyolite bluestones that make up the 5,000-year-old monument. They also found 500,00 bone fragments at Stonehenge, which they believed came from people who lived in the West of Britain, potentially Wales.

 

Professor Parker Pearson said: "The Welsh connection isn’t just about stones it’s likely to be a long term movement from west to east at this particular time

 

"Why dismantle an original monument? We’re wondering if it actually might have been a tomb with a surrounding stone circle which they dismantled. If that were the case they were basically carting the physical embodiment of their ancestors to re-establish somewhere else.

 

"Their idea of packing their luggage was rather more deep and meaningful than our own. They are actually moving their heritage, and these stones represent the ancestors. They are actually bringing their ancestors with them."