The Dark Wives standing stones were a key feature in the Vera season 14 finale and many fans might have been left wondering if they are real monoliths. The Dark Wives was not only the title of Vera’s ...

The Callanish Standing Stones on Scotland’s Isle of Lewis date back to around 3000 BCE. Excavations reveal earlier wooden ...

The Scottish government has authorised the introduction of an entry fee at Calanais Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The 5,000 year-old neolithic site near Stornoway consists of a cross-shaped ...

The stones, thought to date back 7,000 years, are in a region famed for its standing stones. Amid an uproar, local officials attributed the decision to a mix-up in zoning rules. There is uproar in ...

For a while now, a standing stone tucked away in a Berkshire woodland was believed to be a lone monument. New findings, however, have revealed the artifact to be but one piece of an immense ...

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has applied for planning permission to reinstate a path around one of the Western Isles' best-known ancient sites. Calanais - also known as Callanish - Standing ...

Following a local’s theory, archaeologists excavated the Farley Moor standing stone and found a larger 3,700-year-old ceremonial site. Photo from Time Team, shared by Forestry England In a forest of ...

In the popular imagination, Neolithic stone circles conjure images of mysterious rituals presided over by our rugged, club-wielding ancestors. This is a gross misconception, according to Jane McMahon, ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have excavated eight ancient "standing stone circles" that they say were used as homes. About 345 of these structures were identified through aerial surveys across the ...