http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3046...eologists.html OR
http://tinyurl.com/4v9a6l

Also the modern day Druids were consulted before the excavation.

Living proof that professional archaeologists and wackos can work together.
Regards, Walter

Nice editorial on the find;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ology.heritage
OR http://tinyurl.com/4da4jn
Regards, Walter

The Smithsonian Magazine has a feature on this in the latest edition.

Lots of "touchy feely" supposition ans speculation.

From your second link.

"Why go to the colossal effort and expense of moving four-tonne megaliths 250km (150 miles) across land and sea from Preseli, a work of global engineering comparable only with the contemporary building of the Great Pyramid at Giza"?

For the same reasons.

A multi-year make work project.

ttt

There's a joke in here somewhere. Perhaps about being mystically cured of the desire to travel around rural parts of the UK in a large tour bus.

I forgot to put a '?' after the title as I usually would when posting something like this.

Because something always pops-up after they announce these types of discoveries .
Regards, Walter

Cremation Cemetery?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...nehenge109.xml OR http://tinyurl.com/4bvey8

Now dated to 3000BC?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/7660860.stm OR http://tinyurl.com/3ne2bg

Tidbit; Child's grave with toy discovered. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...tonehenge.html OR
http://tinyurl.com/42mzda

<i>&quot;Why go to the colossal effort and expense of moving four-tonne megaliths 250km (150 miles) across land and sea from Preseli, a work of global engineering comparable only with the contemporary building of the Great Pyramid at Giza&quot;?</i>

A widespread economic depression had struck the area, and the government felt that by putting enough citizens to work, taxpayer dollars could be used to begin a national recovery...