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Stonehenge and the Timber Circles
Stonehenge was a site that pulled in people, building materials and even animals from all over britain. The timber circles at durrington walls and the stone circles at stonehenge were mirrors of one another. Stonehenge's heart was a permanent meeting place for the builder's deceased ancestors. Pits full of processed pig bones have been found in the spaces between the houses. Isotope studies of the bones reveal that the animals were brought from as far away as scotland. Pigs don't move on their own so they are harder to transport than sheep or cattle. So we have evidence that people came to durrington and presumably stonehenge with specific kind of