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STONEHENGE.—The excavations in progress at Stonehenge have now covered the greater part of the site, only the north-western area awaiting examination. The sixth report on the results, which was presented by Col. Hawley on behalf of Mr. Newall and himself at a recent meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, deals with the south and south-west area. No objects of any importance were turned up; but a number of holes, some shallow, others reaching to a depth of 28 inches and ranging in width from 15 to 23 inches, were found. These pointed to the possible existence of a stockaded passage or long roofed building at this point, and it is conjectured that they were contemporary with the causeway at the main entrance, where similar post holes have been found. Nothing of the Stonehenge period had penetrated to the lower levels. Another causeway with pits in the ditch on each side of it was exposed. Seventy-one holes in all were discovered; but it is impossible to say what their use may have been, though they were too irregularly placed and too widely spaced to have formed a building. Further investigation has shown that the area of foreign stones must have held a much larger number than had hitherto been supposed, and they must have presented the appearance of a low wall. The discovery of a seventeenth-century glass flagon suggested that the removal of these stones had been comparatively recent.
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Research Items. Nature 116, 26–28 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116026a0
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