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Cornish monument is 4,000 years older than was thought and ‘without parallel’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

Original purpose of King Arthur’s Hall is a mystery and archaeologists say it is unique anywhere in Europe

An enigmatic stone and turf structure on Bodmin Moor that was previously thought to be a medieval animal pen has been found to be 4,000 years older – and unique anywhere in Europe.

The rectangular monument was built not in the early medieval period to corral livestock, as recorded by Historic England , but rather in the middle Neolithic, between 5,000 and 5,500 years ago, archaeologists have discovered.