Thornborough Henges, a Neolithic complex near Ripon in North Yorkshire, UK, known as the “Stonehenge of the North”, has been donated to public ownership and is now open to visitors. The site dates ...

Stonehenge is perhaps the most famous of all the henges, vast circular monuments constructed from wood or stone that litter the British countryside. The prehistoric monument was most likely erected in ...

They are around 5,000 years old.

Ring-shaped henges dot the English countryside—and have stumped archaeologists for years. What were they used for? Did they serve as religious sites or have some more mundane purpose? Now, the ...