More Stonehenge Skeletons Found

Left: you can clearly see the Bronze Age
bones in their trench in this picture.











© Wessex Archaeology.

Workers digging a trench for a water pipe close to Stonehenge have made an amazing discovery. They have found the skeletons of six Bronze Age people who died about 4,500 years ago.

The skeletons were all buried together, in a single grave, close to the famous ancient stone circle. They were four adults and two children. Four clay pots, a flint arrowhead and a toggle made from bone were found in the grave with the skeletons.

Right: the rocks of Stonehenge looking very, very heavy.



© English Heritage.

Stonehenge is one of the most magical and mysterious places in the world. It is a group of huge slabs of rock, standing in two circles, one inside the other, on the moors in Wiltshire. It has been standing there for 5000 years.

Stonehenge would have been such a struggle to build, without the cranes and forklifts that we use today, that archaeologists believe the stones were put there for a very special reason.

Left: could this have been a King of Stonehenge? This is the 'Amesbury Archer' discovered in 2002.








© Wessex Archaeology.

The latest find comes soon after another exciting discovery in the area - a skeleton known as 'The Amesbury Archer' or 'The King of Stonehenge' was found this time last year, in May 2002.

He was found with close to a hundred other items buried with him, including arrowheads and gold hair decorations, the oldest gold found in the UK so far.

Who knows what other secrets are waiting to be discovered around these incredible rocks? We'll let you know if anything else is found.

Why not visit Stonehenge to see the giant stones for yourself? The museums listed below also have objects found in the area from the Bronze Age on show.