Neolithic Britons travelled across country for national feasts 4,500 years ago, new research claims

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Findings suggest prehistoric tribes may have established cultural and political bonds – and an early national identity – long before previously believed

A new scientific research collaboration is, for the first time, revealing who built Stonehenge. The cutting-edge study sheds a remarkable light on the geographical origins of the Neolithic community that first constructed the ancient site.

 

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Did they not also travel with cattle to Orkney - Ness of Brodgar?

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