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An unusual prehistoric monument made up of three interlocking circles
- kinlan 3y agoIt's clearly a picture of a mouse with a missing front leg.
- peteradio 3y agoOr possibly some sort of as yet undiscovered stupid bird.
- marcosdumay 3y agoIt's a tail-less duck.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoPrehistoric crossfit: kettlebell and double under rope
- matthewsinclair 3y agoTrisolarans? /s
- throw1234651234 3y agoDecent trench system.
- datameta 3y agoThey're enclosures.
- seanhunter 3y agoHow long do you reckon before someone publishes a tortured explanation about how the eccentricity of the circles gives the first 4 digits of the square root of Euler's number if you measure it in ancient Egyptian cubits or something and therefore aliens?
- empath-nirvana 3y agoIf you measure the circumference of the circular enclosure and divide it by the diameter, it's a close approximation to pi.
- seanhunter 3y agoAliens must have built it. See? I told you.
- swader999 3y agoOnly if you adjust for where the stars were in the sky back then.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoThis clearly looks like a new chevron to be locked.
- jccooper 3y agoPerhaps a fort with a couple of additions.
- TSiege 3y agoIf it were a fort there would be evidence of postholes and other remains of defense fortifications. There's a decent amount of fortified sites known from the neolithic, so I assume it would've been ruled out quickly. They also tended to build forts on hills and this structure is on flat ground and the "monument" looks quite small for defense. The article seems to allude to it having some sort of funeral practices
- jccooper 3y agoThe later structures are suggested to be funerary. The oldest one (with the lobes) is unknown. From the aerial photo, it seems they haven't dug the interior. They mention a gravel layer in the ditch which suggests a palisade. I'm not quite sure how they get there (I don't see the actual report), but presumably they have some basis. As a fenced enclosure, it seems to small for livestock, but perhaps a fortified homestead.
- jeffrallen 3y agoGoatse, is that you?
- rulalala 3y agoForms are unique but seem pretty organic and self emergent. From my limited understanding, I would never make a fuss of it.