Inside Salisbury: New research on Stonehenge and toxic water channels

Origins of Stonehenge and cholera in Salisbury

Welcome to another full issue of Inside Salisbury. Today we are looking at new research which gives perhaps a slightly disappointing perception of Stonehenge. We are also turning the clock back to the 19th Century when the streets of Salisbury were filled with decaying matter and Cholera was rife.

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New research about Stonehenge leads to a feeling of failure

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Archaeologists have puzzled over Stonehenge's origin for centuries, but new research reveals it may simply have been an experiment that ultimately failed.

Research from the University College London (UCL) and Aberystwyth University was published in Archaeology International. The study suggested that the Neolithic stone circle was built to connect farming communities. This was at a time when thousands of migrants arrived from Europe - around 2500 BC.