In 1915, when barrister Cecil Chubb purchased Stonehenge at auction—yes, this happened—the site was in poor condition. That shouldn’t have come as a shock to anyone. After a ...

Built of sarsen stone with a pretty thatched roof, the cottage exudes a sense of calm and serenity. With textured, white painted walls and ceiling beams each room has a sense of purpose and flows ...

Likely a ceremonial site or astronomical calendar, its massive sarsen stones draw visitors to try and understand the ancient engineering and rituals. A city layered with history, York boasts Roman ...

Some of the pits held burials—a cremated adult placed beneath a large sarsen stone, and three uncremated children, one covered with a limestone slab. Other cremations, buried in a ring-shaped ...

Scholars previously believed that they knew most of what there was to be known about the Altar Stone—the largest of the non-sarsen stones on site, which is now partially buried beneath two ...

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In a genre often defined by well-worn tropes, Simon Batsman’s Sarsen series offers a refreshing take on high fantasy. Blending elements of history, archaeology, and rich storytelling, Batsman creates ...

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Flagstones lay hidden beneath the ground in Dorchester for thousands of years. Hints of its presence emerged in the 1890s, when a single "sarsen" – a large block of sandstone – was excavated from the ...