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Swindon’s Stonehenge found?

Submitted by PaulM on Wednesday, 21 May 2003  Page Views: 1433

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An amateur archaeologist couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a cluster of 6ft-tall stones on a Swindon building site. Had he stumbled across Swindon's answer to Stonehenge?

In fact, the rocks are part of the Portland stone beds, formed millions of years ago and are geologically, rather than archaeologically interesting.

Former welder Ken Woolley is quoted as saying "I couldn't believe it when I looked outside my back window and saw the huge stones on the building site.

"They are much bigger than me. At first I thought they could be related to Stonehenge. The colours and shapes look quite similar.

"I have been on a lot of excavation sites with my building work but I've never seen stones like these before."

Mr Woolley's kitchen overlooks the building site, on which Old Town developers Hannick Homes are building 11 flats.

He called Swindon's top archaeologist Bryn Walters following the discovery at the weekend.

He said: "I was quite excited with the find and wanted to get an expert opinion as soon as possible, before the workmen broke them up.

"It would have been terrible if an ancient treasure was destroyed because no one had checked it."

Dr Walters, director of the Swindon-based Association for Roman Archaeology and a lecturer at Bath University, confirmed that the rocks were ancient.

"They are from the Portland beds, which the Romans used to quarry for building and foundation work, so we don't see it very often”.

For the full story This Is Wiltshire.
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