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Map showing extent of Doggerland, a vast territory in northwest Europe that was above sea level 16,000 years ago, and the territory's diminishing size as ice melted and the North Sea rose. Illustration by Claus Lunau/Science Photo Library.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

THERE MAY BE OTHER HENGES!

[–] cryptiod137 9 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

There already are multiple other standing stone circles in the UK

Though finding one in Doggerland would be really cool

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

Yes. Eddie izzard mentioned that Stonehenge was built after strawhenge and stickhenge got blown down by wolves.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago
[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 4 weeks ago

Also, a henge isn't a stone circle. It's a ring-shaped earthwork. What we think of as Stonehenge is a ring of Megalithic standing stones (not all standing stones are in a circle incidentally) in the middle of a henge.