Stonehenge | World Heritage Site | Why was Stonehenge built? | 10-Minute Talks | The British Academy
Where did Stonehenge come from? In this talk Mike Parker Pearson investigates the origins of Stonehenge, its stones and their transportation as well as speculating on the motives behind the creation of this unique prehistoric monument.
Speaker: Professor Mike Parker Pearson FBA, Professor of British Later Prehistory, University College London
Find out more:
Is Stonehenge a rebuilt Welsh stone circle? https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/b...
The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.239
Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000...
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