QUIRKY WORLD ... Tunnel a threat to earliest Stonehenge settlement

ENGLAND:  Archaeologists have uncovered a Stone Age “eco-home”. It is evidence of the earliest settlement discovered around Stonehenge.
QUIRKY WORLD ... Tunnel a threat to earliest Stonehenge settlement

But experts fear the significant find could be lost or damaged, if the Government builds a tunnel to remove the A303 from the World Heritage Site landscape.

The discovery has revealed a Mesolithic home, dating from 4336 BC to 4246 BC, formed from the giant base of a large, fallen tree, which was used to make the wall of the house, with roofing made from animal skins.

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