A 5,000-year-old ritual circle was hidden under a Scottish island; archaeologists found it without digging
- Archaeologists have been excavating the area for ancient secrets since the 1980sArchaeologists have uncovered what could be a 5,000-year-old ritual circle hidden beneath peat on a Scottish island, all without digging into the ground.
- Using advanced geophysical scanning equipment, researchers from Historic Environment Scotland (HES) detected a ring of buried pits beneath Machrie Moor on the Isle of Arran.
- The circular arrangement, which may date back to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, had remained completely hidden below the surface.
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- Archaeologists have been excavating the area for ancient secrets since the 1980sArchaeologists have uncovered what could be a 5,000-year-old ritual circle hidden beneath peat on a Scottish island, all without digging into the ground.
- Using advanced geophysical scanning equipment, researchers from Historic Environment Scotland (HES) detected a ring of buried pits beneath Machrie Moor on the Isle of Arran.
- The circular arrangement, which may date back to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, had remained completely hidden below the surface.
Sources: Times of India