It's a lotlowerthanitwouldhavebeenoriginallybecausethislandusedtobeplowedandsoit's flatteneditslightlybutit's anearthworksimilartotheonethatyourspotaroundthestonesatStonehenge.
Itmeansthatwedon't knowexactlywhenthechilddiedorwhybutit's possiblethatthiswas a humansacrificeorsomeotherkindofspecialburialthatgavethissiteevenmoresignificant.
Here's a reallycooldetailwhentheremainsoftheseanimalmeatfeastswerethrownintotheground, therewasstillplentyofmeatattachedtothebones, whichindicatesthattheycouldaffordtothrowmeataway.
Woodhengeisn't actually a perfectcircle, it's a slightovalwiththeaxisalignedeastwestandDurrington, archaeologistsdiscoveredanavenuethatisperfectlyalignedformidwintersunrise.
Soas I saiditwasprobablybuiltinaround 3000 BCandatthattimewejusthavetheearthworkenclosureandthensomepitsjustinsidethebankwhichwecallAubreyholesnowandthosepitsmighthaveheldstonesorpostswerenotquitesurebuttheywerealsousedfortheplacewherepeopleputcremateddead.
Soweknowthatforexamplewhenthestonesgotputupfirsttheywerein a differentformation a coupleof 100 yearsafterwardstheymovedsomeofthesmallerstones, thebluestonesaround.
SothisisoneofthemarkersthatwereputinplacetoshowwheretheAubreyholeswereandtheAubreyholesofthisearlystageofthemonument, a bigpitwithhumancrematedremainsinit.
Andwhentheydidthattheyfound a bitof a crackthroughthisbigonehere.
そうすると、この大きな1枚にちょっとした亀裂が入っていることがわかった。
Andsotheypinnedittogetherwithmetalrodsandwhentheypinnedittogethertheytookout a columnofthestone, a stonerodineffect.
それで、金属の棒でピンと張って、ピンと張ったら石の柱、実質的には石の棒を取り出したのです。
Andrecently, onlyinthelastyearwe'vebeenabletogeologicallyanalyzethatandmatchittosomenaturalsarsinsandwe'vebeenabletopinpointwherethesearsonstonescomefromonthemarlboroughdowns a sitecalledwestwards.
Maybeit's becauseit's a burialplaceofthedeadthatyoucomehereandit's a it's a veryspecialplacewhereit's Darringtoniswhereeverything's goingonandyou'vegotpartytown.