Vast, 4,500-year-old pit structure discovered circling Stonehenge’s neighbour at Durrington Walls

Durrington Shafts

20 have been found, located at an average of 864 metres from Durrington Walls henge

Larkhill causewayed

enclosure

Durrington

Durrington Walls

Woodhenge

Stonehenge

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Largest trilithon at

Stonehenge to scale

River

Avon

Each shaft is more than 5 metres deep and 10 metres in diameter

Durrington Shafts

7.8

metres

20 have been found, located at an average of 864 metres from Durrington Walls henge

Durrington

Larkhill causewayed

enclosure

Durrington

Walls

Each shaft is more than 5 metres deep and 10 metres in diameter.

Shown here compared with the largest trilithon at Stonehenge

Woodhenge

Stonehenge

Salisbury Plain

River

Avon

A303

1 km

1 mile