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The article discusses the conclusion of a team of archaeologists that the Stonehenge monument may have started as a stone circle in Wales that was then dismantled and rebuilt 280 kilometres away at its location on Salisbury plain. Topics include background on the construction of the Stonehenge, evidence suggesting that stones from Waun Mawn formed part of the original stone circle at Stonehenge, and further excavations planned at Waun Mawn.

The article offers information on Bluestonehenge, a second bluestone circle discovered in summer 2009 in England. Its discovery, according to the author, provided convincing evidence that the River Avon plays an important linking role between Durrington Walls and the Durrington Avenue and Stonehenge and its Avenue. One archaeologist interprets the henges as the closure of the active phase in the life of a monument. Another hypothesises that the Stonehenge was built by pioneering Neolithic farmers in search of good grazing land.

A man on the eve of his 90th birthday returns a missing piece to Stonehenge after 60 years, and a trip around the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses research which showed that the Durrington Walls village near the prehistoric Stonehenge monument in southern England was surrounded by large stones that were intentionally buried. It references a study by archaeologist Vince Gaffney and colleagues, presented at the September 7, 2016 British Science Festival. Topics discussed include a brief history of the village and the team's use of a ground-penetrating radar to view the ground underneath the village.