HomeThe New York TimesThe New York Times·Jun 18, 2026·1 min readIn Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge, Scientists See Hints of Solstice RitualBritish archaeologists may have found the remains of a site where people celebrated the solstice thousands of years ago, a few miles from the famed stone circle.View original source — The New York Times ↗ShareCopy linkShare on XShare on FacebookRelated storiesBBCTechnologyJun 17, 2026 · 1 minSimpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous siteBBCNew ScientistTechnologyJun 18, 2026 · 1 minAncient monument marked summer solstice centuries before StonehengeNew ScientistTimes of IsraelNewsJun 18, 2026 · 1 min‘Prototype’ Stonehenge unearthed a few miles from the world famous monumentTimes of IsraelThe GuardianTechnologyJun 17, 2026 · 1 minSolstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologistsThe Guardian
BBCTechnologyJun 17, 2026 · 1 minSimpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous siteBBC
New ScientistTechnologyJun 18, 2026 · 1 minAncient monument marked summer solstice centuries before StonehengeNew Scientist
Times of IsraelNewsJun 18, 2026 · 1 min‘Prototype’ Stonehenge unearthed a few miles from the world famous monumentTimes of Israel
The GuardianTechnologyJun 17, 2026 · 1 minSolstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologistsThe Guardian