Stonehenge, one of the most examined prehistoric structures globally, is located on Salisbury Plain in southern England. The ...

Great Britain holds a surprisingly rich fossil record that documents life long before humans appeared. From early marine reptiles to dinosaurs and ancient mammals, these remains offer glimpses into ...

Professor Timothy Darvill, who has died of cancer aged 66, was a leading authority on prehistoric Britain; in 2008 he co-directed the first excavations within the stone circle at Stonehenge for more ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what could be the largest cluster of houses ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland. Until now, the largest cluster of ancient settlements ...

Having stood the test of time, some of the oldest man-made structures in the world range from modest huts, megalithic temples and prehistoric pyramids to ancient burial mounds and Aboriginal ...

A County Wicklow hillfort has been declared the largest, nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain by ...

Researchers have found that a prehistoric burial site called Flagstones is one of the earliest known large circular enclosures in Britain. Located in Dorset, Flagstones dates to around 3200 B.C.E., ...

In the 1970s, archaeologists unearthed prehistoric human remains from a deep underground shaft in Somerset, England. The truth of what really happened to those men, women, and children, however, has ...