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90 years of looking for secrets in wrong place

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ENGLAND: Experts trying to uncover the source of Stonehenge’s giant stones have been digging in the wrong spot for 90 years.

It has been a puzzle for generations how the huge Welsh blocks, weighing up to four tonnes, reached the ancient monument. Archaeologists were certain the 11 bluestones came from Carn Meini, one of the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, 240km from Stonehenge in Wiltshire.

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